Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FV Angelle Marie (74ID) |
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Cruise identifier | 1/94 |
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Cruise period | 1994-02-04 — 1994-02-06 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Chichester, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) To collect live bass to replenish stocks held for experimental purposes at Lowestoft
2) To investigate the feasibility of using trawl surveys to estimate the abundance of the 1993 year class in the area
3) Surface temperature in the habour was monitored during the survey |
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Chief scientist | Derek Roy Eaton (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.81 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel |
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Specific | Chichester Harbour and Southampton Water |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 7 Description: 6 successful tows catching 31 fish in the length range 5-15 cm in Chichester harbour, 1 tow in Hayling Bay catching 131 bass. Tows in Southampton Water caught 249 bass of which 230 were returned to Lowestoft |