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RV Corystes COR8/98

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Corystes (74RY)
Cruise identifierCOR8/98
Cruise period1998-07-31 — 1998-08-14
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLowestoft, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To undertake a beam trawl survey in the southern North Sea and eastern Channel as part of an international programme to:
i) obtain fisheries independent data on the distribution and abundance of commercial flatfish species, and
ii) derive age compositions of sole and plaice for use in the assessment of stock size.
2. To quantify the seabed sediments and epibenthos using trawl by-catch data and remote acoustic seabed discrimination systems (ROXANN/QTC View), in order to describe the association between the substrate and the distribution and abundance of invertebrate by-catch.
3. To collect additional biological data on non-commercial fish by-catch, and on commercially important non-quota species, especially turbot, brill and cuttlefish.
Chief scientistStuart Ian Rogers (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory)
Cruise reportRV Corystes COR8/98 cruise report co8_98.pdf (0.14 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralEnglish Channel
North Sea
SpecificSouthern North Sea, Eastern English Channel
Track chartsRV Corystes COR8/98 cruise track — co8_98trk.pdf (0.02 MB) 
Measurements 
Biology and fisheries 
Demersal fishQuantity: number of hauls = 98
Description: Catch of demersal fish using beam trawl (4m width)
Geology and geophysics 
GrabQuantity: number of samples = 40
Description: Seabed sediments taken using day grab