Fertile II 1002H Part II

Cruise plan

Cruise Info.
Ship name	Fertile II
Cruise identifier	1002H Part II
Cruise period	2002-08-24 — 2002-09-07
Status	Completed
Port of departure	Peterhead, United Kingdom
Port of return	Peterhead, United Kingdom
Purpose	Research
Objectives	1. Using the twin trawl method in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, to determine the selectivity of experimental flexi-grids with 35 mm and 40 mm bar spacing, a 120 mm codend with a 110 mm "Bacoma" square mesh panel and a standard 120 mm codend with either 80 or 100 open meshes. 2. If time permits, to compare the catches and discards retained by one of the standard 120 mm codends from Part I of the cruise and one of the flexi-grids.
Chief scientist	Richard S T Ferro (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Ocean/sea areas
General	North Sea
Specific	Norwegian territorial waters