Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | Balaena (74G4) |
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Cruise identifier | 1/89 |
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Cruise period | 1989-07-04 — 1989-07-06 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Queenborough, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | To conduct a trawl survey of 'O' group and juvenile bass in the Medway/Thames/Swale, and to collect samples of bass for growth studies. |
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Chief scientist | Graham D Pickett (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.03 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Medway Estuary |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Description: dissolved oxygen |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 15 |
Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 12 Description: bass tagged. |