RV Tellina 10A/73 & 10B/73
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
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Cruise identifier | 10A/73 & 10B/73 |
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Cruise period | 1973-09-06 — 1973-10-10 |
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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 determine the inshore distribution and abundance of young fish by 2-metre beam trawl and push-net.
2. To sample for pelagic fish eggs and larvae using a 50 cm high-speed townet and/or neuston net when time and conditions permit.
3. To catch young pelagic fish using a prototype high-speed midwater net (TELLINA).
4. To make comparative tows using 2-metre and 4-metre beam trawls (TELLINA).
5. To collect samples of 0-group and i-group plaice for Mr K Wilson (Burnham).
6. To collect samples of 0-group plaice and sole from the River Humber area for Mr N Milner (NERC Student). |
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Chief scientist | John D Riley (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.18 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | 51-25N;00-30E to 51-35N;01-00E and transit from 51-35N;01-00E to 53-40N;00-20W |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 200 |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) | |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | |
pH | |
Contamination | |
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Other contaminant measurements | Description: thermal pollution cambridge recorder during entire cruise |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Zooplankton | Quantity: 10 |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: 10 |
Pelagic fish | Description: young fish |
Demersal fish | Description: young fish |
Meteorology | |
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Occasional standard measurements | |