RV Corella 6/72
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/72 |
| Cruise period | 1972-04-04 — 1972-04-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a survey of sediments and benthos in the vicinity of the Morecambe Bay waste disposal ground.
2. To carry out a series of trawling transects from the coast to at least 20 fathoms to assess the inceidence of lymphocystis and other dieases in the North Irish Sea flatfish stocks. 3. To collect live soles and lemon soles from the above grounds and also off the Isle of Man. 4. To collect a mixed sample of fish from the eastern English Channel for Dr Portmann. 5. To test the towing characteristics of an underwater gamma detector and to obtain seabed samples for the assessment of background radiation levels. |
| Chief scientist | Richard G J Shelton (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.18 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 9 |
| Contamination | |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 9 Description: chemical pollution;8 chemical analysis of sediments |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 42 Description: exploratory fishing |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 42 Description: exploratory fishing |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | Quantity: number of observations = 52 |
| Other meteorological measurements | Quantity: number of observations = 104 Description: sea and swell |
