Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
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Cruise identifier | 9B/72 |
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Cruise period | 1972-10-10 — 1972-10-24 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Hartlepool, 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 trawl for 0-group plaice.
2. To tag plaice of 10-30 cm.
3. To release four bundles of seabed drifters on two occasions.
4. To return 100 0-group plaice live to Lowestoft.
5. To return 0-group gadoids to Lowestoft.
6. To collect a water sample for Dr Reynolds.
7. To trawl at three hour intervals over 24 hours for 0-group plaice to study their feeding behaviour |
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Chief scientist | Stephen J Lockwood (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 | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 8 Description: woodhead drifters T bottom only |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 10 |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 10 |
Taggings | Quantity: 2 |