Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | Ina-K (74IK) |
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Cruise identifier | 1/95 |
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Cruise period | 1995-11-11 — 1995-11-22 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Leigh-on-Sea, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Leigh-on-Sea, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) To assess the distribution and abundance of herring in the Thames Estuary using a mid-water trawl
2) To obtain an independent estimate of the age structure of the Thames spring spawning herring stock |
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Chief scientist | Stephen Warnes (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (1.40 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Thames Estuary, Leigh on Sea |
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Track charts | (0.49 MB) |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 34 Description: Made with the Larsen sprat trawl. 541 fish were biologically examined and otolithed for stock analysis. Herring and sprats were caught. 114 bass were also caught and and 31 scale samples were collected for age determination studies |