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RV Tellina 5/71

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Tellina (74TE)
Cruise identifier5/71
Cruise period1971-04-14 — 1971-04-24
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLowestoft, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. High speed townet sampling of inshore grounds from Kent to Cornwall for pelagic fish eggs and larvae. Repeat sampling of some east coast stations done in 1970.
2. 4m or 2m beam trawl hauls in selected areas in preparation for a beam trawl survey for 0 group fish in the autumn (TELLINA 9).
3, Beam trawl sampling of proposed gravel dredging area off Hastings and of china clay residue sediments off the Cornish coast.
4. Collection of adult sole and possibly other flatfish for laboratory use in the River Blackwater (Essex) at the end of the cruise.
Chief scientistJohn D Riley (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportRV Tellina 5/71 cruise report tellina05_71.pdf (0.15 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Measurements 
Biology and fisheries 
Eggs and larvaeQuantity: number of stations = 41