Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
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Cruise identifier | 5/68 |
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Cruise period | 1968-03-04 — 1968-03-12 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To make a complete routine survey of Sizewell Bank for I-group
sole using the standard 2 m beam trawl.
2. To carry out comparative fishing trials using the 2 m beam trawl, modifications of this trawl, and the 2 m Agassiz trawl.
3. To release seabed and surface drifters.
4. To collect adult flat fish for hatchery use.
5. To make an Otter trawl survey for larger sole off Sizewell. |
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Chief scientist | John D Riley (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.08 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Description: surface drifters |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | Description: seabed drifters |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Description: surveys using beam trawl collected few 0-group and 1-group flatfish |
Demersal fish | Description: adult flounder collected but no maturing dab or sole |