Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name | Tjeldoy |
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Cruise period | 1983-08-30 — 1983-09-14 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Falmouth, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Brixham, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To investigate the orientation and behaviour of plaice in relation to bottom topography and near-bed currents under the combined influence of tide and swell.
2. To test the deployment and operation of the MAFF autonomous near-bed velocity recorder.
3. To search for juvenile scallops and to determine local distribution, density and size composition as appropriate.
None of the three main aims were achieved. |
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Chief scientist | Geoffrey P Arnold (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.10 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
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Specific | Start Bay, Skerries Bank |