RV Tellina 4/71
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
| Cruise identifier | 4/71 |
| Cruise period | 1971-03-23 — 1971-04-01 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To measure the area of the Eagle Bank herring spawning ground and to get an estimate of the number of herring eggs deposited on it throughout the spawning season.
2. To carry out a grab survey in the area to see whether there are any other herring spawning grounds. 3. To attempt to tag herring in the area. 4. To carry out a fish larval survey in the area. 5. To carry out echo surveys in the area and to sample the traces. |
| Chief scientist | Peter D Wallace (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Project | Herring spawning ground investigations (general survey) |
| Cruise report |  (0.18 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Description: T surface only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | |
| Zooplankton | |
| Eggs and larvae | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | |
| Multi-beam echosounding |
