Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name | FV Sundance |
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Cruise period | 1985-09-05 — 1985-09-26 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | AllTeams. To carry out the English component to the international young flatfish programme in the North Sea and the eastern English Channel.
Teams 1 and 3. Preliminary studies of growth and mortality of young sole in the area off Lowestoft and in Rye Bay. |
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Chief scientist | Clive G Brown (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.06 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Halsborough - Sizewell |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of hauls = 294 Description: A number of hauls were made as part of a flatfish survey. All fish caught were measured and identified. Salinity, sediment and temperature observations were also made. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Sediment traps | Quantity: number of hauls = 294 Description: A number of hauls were made as part of a flatfish survey. All fish caught were measured and identified. Salinity, sediment and temperature observations were also made. |
Pelagic fish | Description: Samples of sole and plaice were collected for morphometric analysis.
No. of samples not noted. |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of surveys = 2 Description: A survey of the distribution and abundance of 0 gp sole took place; a number of sole were collected for the laboratory and stomach contents analysed. |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 294 Description: A number of hauls were made as part of a flatfish survey. All fish caught were measured and identified. Salinity, sediment and temperature observations were also made. |