RV Corella 14/72
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 14/72 |
| Cruise period | 1972-09-29 — 1972-10-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a tin tow net survey covering the Dogger and Whitby
areas as part of an international survey of the abundance and distribution of autumn spawned herring in the North Sea. 2. To obtain samples of herrings in the Whitby area. 3. To make an echo sounder survey over all the area covered during the Cruise. 4. To tag mackerel in the region of the Varne Lightvessel and in the Folkestone area. 5. To bring samples of live plankton to the laboratory. |
| Chief scientist | G C Bolster (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 23 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 105 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 105 |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 27 Description: exploratory fishing by tin tow net |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 27 Description: exploratory fishing by tin tow net |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: live plankton sample |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
