MV Katie 06/88 Part 1
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | MV Katie |
| Cruise identifier | 06/88 Part 1 |
| Cruise period | 1988-06-18 — 1988-06-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Swansea, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Swansea, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Aim:
To tag pre-recruit soles. Part 1: 18th-28th June, Swansea Bay, MV Katie. Part 2: 10th-17th July, Carmarthen Bay, MV Harvester. Daily fishing using a 4m beam trawl. Off Swansea, depth 4m, 987 tagged. Off Neath, depth 2m, 36 tagged. By-catches generally small, mainly plaice, brill, small rays, angler fish, gurnards, solenettes, brittlestars and large jellyfish. |
| Chief scientist | David J Symonds (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bristol Channel Celtic Sea |
| Specific | Swansea Bay |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 1023 Description: pre-recruit sole tagged and released. |
