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Manx Beauty

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship nameManx Beauty
Cruise period1994-07-31 — 1994-08-06
StatusCompleted
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To tag 2000-3000 pre-recruit plaice
2. A small sample of plaice otoliths were taken on each charter from fish not tagged but of the same length range
Chief scientistMartin R Vince (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportManx Beauty  cruise report manxbeauty_cando94.pdf (0.56 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralIrish Sea and St. George's Channel
SpecificLiverpool Bay
Measurements 
Biology and fisheries 
TaggingsQuantity: number of specimens = 2510
Description: 1456 plaice tagged with mini-Petersen discs from fisrt charter, 1054 from the second charter