Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name | Valdez |
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Cruise identifier | Cruise 1 |
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Cruise period | 1988-09-25 — 1988-10-30 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Saundersfoot, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Saundersfoot, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To carry out a survey of the distribution and abundance of pre-recruit bass in Camarthen Bay and adjoining estuaries using a high-headline trawl with cod-end liner and adapted sand-eel trawls.
2. To obtain 1+ group bass for ecological and energy budget studies.
3. To tag bass over 35cm total length. |
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Chief scientist | Graham D Pickett (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.04 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Celtic Sea |
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Specific | West of Pendine Firing Range, 'Three Rivers Area' and Burry Inlet |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 3 Description: Only a small number of 1+ bass were caught. |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 45 Description: A number of stations were worked, but pre-recruit bass were only found at 27 of the stations and only 63 were caught. |