Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name | FV Louandric |
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| Cruise period | 1983-09-10 — 1983-09-16 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Whitstable, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Whitstable, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | 1. All Teams. To carry out the English component to the International young flatfish assessment programme in the North Sea and eastern English Channel. |
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| Chief scientist | W G Parnell (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
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| Specific | South Thames |
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| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of surveys = 1 Description: A number of hauls were made as part of a flatfish survey. All fish caught were measured and identified. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 14 Description: A number of push net sites were sampled north of Flamboro Head to study 0-group turbot class strength. |
| Crustaceans | Description: Samples of shrimps were collected in the Humber area.
No. of samples not noted. |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 23 Description: A number of comparative hauls were made in the North Thames area using a beam trawl. |