RV Tellina 2/67
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/67 |
| Cruise period | 1967-02-03 — 1967-02-08 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Repeat standard tows with 4M modified boam trawl on Sizewell Bank
for 0-group sole . 2. Further trials of the new 3M sledge trawl for 0-group flatfish. 3. Otter trawling for larger sole and rays to determine size distribution and reproductive conditions, in the Sizewell Bank area. 4. The collection of small sole (less than 30 mm) alive for laboratory experiments. |
| Chief scientist | John D Riley (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: only 5 R. clavata and no large sole caught |
| Pelagic fish | Description: 0-group sole brought back to laboratory |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 10 Description: sole |
| Gear research | Description: 3m sledge trawl |
