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Ocean Bounty

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)Ocean Bounty (74OF)
Cruise period1988-05-09 — 1988-05-16
StatusCompleted
Port of departureBerwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom
Port of returnBerwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To set up a series of permanent transects across the artificial reef and a natural reef in Pierce Bay (near Torness).
2. To survey the transects using video and stereo photography.
Chief scientistJames A M Kinnear (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Cruise reportOcean Bounty  cruise report ocean_bounty_may88.pdf (0.03 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificPierce Bay, Firth of Forth
Measurements 
Geology and geophysics 
Bottom photographyQuantity: 12
Description: complete north to south transects made using video and photographs.