Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | Ocean Bounty (74OF) |
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Cruise period | 1988-10-03 — 1988-10-11 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Berwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Berwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To repeat the photographic study of Torness artificial reef using extablished transects.
2. To assess fish and shellfish populations on the reef using creels, trammel nets and gill nets. |
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Chief scientist | James A M Kinnear (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.05 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Torness artificial reef |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: Sets of gill and trammel nets were shot during the cruise. |
Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: Sets of gill and trammel nets were shot during the cruise. |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Bottom photography | Description: Photographic transects were created during the cruise.
No. of surveys not noted. |