Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name | Guide Me 'B' |
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Cruise period | 1989-05-17 — 1989-10-05 |
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Status | Completed |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | To describe in detail the distribution of year-classes of juvenile sole before and after larval settlement.
Also to correlate the density of prerecruits, within and beyond the nursery area, with environmental variables considered important for survival and growth. |
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Chief scientist | Stuart Ian Rogers (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Conwy Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.05 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
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Specific | Rhyl Fats and Constable Bank, North Wales coast |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 89 Description: A number of hauls were made within the survey area.
All of the sole and plaice caught were measured. |
Geology and geophysics | |
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In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling | Quantity: number of stations = 21 Description: At a number of stations substrate samples were collected. |