Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | FV Angelle Marie (74ID) |
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| Cruise identifier | 2/91 |
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| Cruise period | 1991-09-08 — 1991-09-16 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Portsmouth Harbour, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Portsmouth Harbour, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | 1. To carry out a survey of pre-recruit bass. in the Solent area using a standard high-headline trawl with cod-end liner fitted;
2. To tag juvenile/pre-recruit bass in nursery areas.
3. To sample commercial catches of bass as available by visiting merchants and
dealers on West Sussex and Hants coast.
4. To carry out a census of bass fishing effort in the above areas. |
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| Chief scientist | Graham D Pickett (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.14 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea |
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| Specific | Solent, Southampton Water and the West Sussex and Hants coasts. |
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| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Pelagic fish | Description: Sample commercial catches of bass. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 33 |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 307 Description: bass tagged and released in nursery areas. |