FV Challenge 'A'
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FV Challenge 'A' (740E) |
| Cruise period | 1983-10-18 — 1983-10-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Wainfleet, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Wainfleet, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To repeat the young Flatfish Survey following the oil spillage in the Humber Estuary on 29 September
2. To collect sediment samples for hydrocarbon residues (for AEP2). |
| Chief scientist | Terry Watson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Mablethorpe, Clee Ness Sand, Haile Sand Flat and Rosse Spit |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Sediment traps | Description: Sampling took place in the Humber Estuary using a 2 metre beam trawl and a mini-grab. No. of samples not noted. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: A number of stations at Cleethorpes and Mablethorpe were sampled. |
| Demersal fish | Description: Sampling took place in the Humber Estuary using a 2 metre beam trawl and a mini-grab. No. of samples not noted. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Description: Sampling took place in the Humber Estuary using a 2 metre beam trawl and a mini-grab. No. of samples not noted. |
