Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name | Aries |
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Cruise period | 1985-09-16 — 1985-10-04 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Gairloch, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To observe the behaviour of fish and Nephrops to a new 640 fish/prawn trawl fitted with a separating panel. The top will be a fish net with a codend of 80mm mesh and the lower section will be a prawn net with a codend of 70mm mesh.
2. The trawl will be filmed fro toed underwater vehicle TUVII.
3. The fish and Nephrops catches from daylight, dusk and night hauls will be compared. |
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Chief scientist | John Main (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.06 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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Specific | Gairloch, North Minch, Macduff |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Description: Fishing was conducted in the North Minch.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Crustaceans | Description: Off Macduff on the Nephrops fishing ground a number of hauls was made.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Crustaceans | Description: Fishing was conducted in the North Minch.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Gear research | Description: Melvaig tow gear was studied in detail.
No. of observations not noted. |