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FV Sundance

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship nameFV Sundance
Cruise period1985-09-05 — 1985-09-26
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLowestoft, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesAllTeams. 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.
Chief scientistClive G Brown (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportFV Sundance  cruise report commercial_vessels_sep85.pdf (0.06 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificHalsborough - Sizewell
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurementsQuantity: 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 
Sediment trapsQuantity: 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 fishDescription: Samples of sole and plaice were collected for morphometric analysis. No. of samples not noted.
Pelagic fishQuantity: 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 fishQuantity: 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.