RV Corella 18/72
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 18/72 |
| Cruise period | 1972-12-05 — 1972-12-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To determine the reactions of plaice to a Granton trawl by extending the series of experiments carried out on Cruises CORELLA 13 & 18 1971 and 15, 16 & 17 1972.
2. Collection of 24 mature plaice for hatchery work and plaice for future sector scanning trips. |
| Chief scientist | Brian C Mumford (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 1 Description: surface only |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of recoveries = 2 Description: current meter rigs recovered;2 days |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
