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RV Cefas Endeavour 15/05

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Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Cefas Endeavour (74E9)
Cruise identifier15/05
Cruise period2005-10-05 — 2005-10-12
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLowestoft, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesTo conduct a standard underwater TV survey of Nephrops burrow densities on the Farn Deeps grounds, 55° 35' - 54° 45' N and 1° 30' - 0° 40' W, and to evaluate Nephrops abundance for comparison with previous years.
Chief scientistAndrew Raymond Lawler (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory)
Cruise programmeRV Cefas Endeavour 15/05 cruise programme endeavour15_05.pdf  (0.01 MB) 
Cruise reportRV Cefas Endeavour 15/05 cruise report endeavour15_05.pdf (0.15 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificEnglish NE Coast
Track chartsRV Cefas Endeavour 15/05 cruise track — endeavour15_05trk.pdf (0.12 MB) 
Measurements 
Geology and geophysics 
Bottom photographyQuantity: number of deployments = 105
Description: Underwater TV. Provisional counts of burrows were obtained for a minimum of 10 minutes at each site, with video images being recorded for further laboratory analysis.
Single-beam echosoundingDescription: Remote acoustic seabed discrimination system (QTC) logged transects between each and during each station.