Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
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Cruise identifier | 9A/72 |
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Cruise period | 1972-09-20 — 1972-10-02 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Hartlepool, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Fisheries |
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Objectives | 1. Survey of the abundance and distribution of Pandalus and Nephrops stocks.
2. Trials of a new shrimp trawl based on a "Gulf of Mexico" design.
3. To continue trials with the experimental double codend Nephrops trawl.
4. Examination of Nephrops catches for size composition, sex ratio and reproductive condition.
5. Collection of shrimp samples for size composition, sex ratio and reproductive condition. Collection of samples for Dr Boddeke, Ijmuiden, for study of gonad development as recomended by the Pandalus Working Group. |
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Chief scientist | P J Warren (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.13 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 25 Description: pop.surv.of live crust.species: nephrops norvegicus and pandalus borealis |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 25 Description: pop.surv.of live crust.species: nephrops norvegicus and pandalus borealis |