Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
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Cruise identifier | 11/73 |
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Cruise period | 1973-10-17 — 1973-11-07 |
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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. Distribution and abundance of Pandalus borealis stock.
2. Distribution of Nephrops and length/sex frequency.
3. Gear trials: Comparison of Gulf and wing trawls.
4. Mesh selection of P. borealis for ICES Pandalus Working Group.
5. Predation of Nephrops/Pandalus by whitefish.
6. Baseline samples for dinoflagellate programme (Dr Dodge, Birkbeck College,
and Mr Ayres, Burnham). |
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Chief scientist | P J Warren (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.11 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 6 Description: tow netting |
Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 29 Description: shrimp, nephrops |
Crustaceans | Quantity: number of specimens = 4403 Description: nephrops measured and sexed |
Crustaceans | Description: shrimp samples taken for examination |
Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 17 Description: Gulf and Nephrops wing trawl gear trials |