RV Corystes COR2/97
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
| Cruise identifier | COR2/97 |
| Cruise period | 1997-02-03 — 1997-02-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | One of a series of fish migration cruises to study the migratory behaviour of plaice in the North Sea.
Main tasks: 1) To test and evaluate synchronisation of ADCP with Sector Scanning Sonar. 2) To estimate speed and orientation of spent plaice on their post spawning migration by simultaneous use of Sector Scanning Sonar and ADCP. |
| Chief scientist | Julian David Metcalfe (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Southern North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current profiler (eg ADCP) | Quantity: number of profiles = 1266 Description: Speed and direction of water currents averaged over 10m periods in 4m depth bins during fish tracking |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of measurements = 1266 Description: Geographical positions and depths of tracked fish determined every 10m by Sector Scanning Sonar (to give range and bearing from ship and depth) |
