Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | Ina-K (74IK) |
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| Cruise identifier | 1/94 |
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| Cruise period | 1994-11-07 — 1994-11-18 |
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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 spawning herring stock |
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| Chief scientist | T J Hulme (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.74 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
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| Specific | Thames Estuary |
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| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 33 Description: Larsen sprat trawl. Herring, sprats and bass were caught. 547 fish were biologically examined and otolithed for stock analysis |