Mizpah III Cruise 1
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Mizpah III |
| Cruise identifier | Cruise 1 |
| Cruise period | 1988-07-11 — 1988-07-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Poole, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Poole, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a survey of pre-recruit base using a high-headline trawl with a fine-mesh cod-end liner.
2. To tag bass over 35cm total length. 3. To carry out a biological examination of bass for maturity and growth studies. |
| Chief scientist | Graham D Pickett (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.03 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
| Specific | Poole Harbour/Poole Bay |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 26 Description: In 31 hauls only 26 pre-recruit bass were caught. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 4 Description: A new area was fished to catch larger bass, however catches were still low. Only 4 fish were tagged. |
