RV Cefas Endeavour 15/10
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cefas Endeavour (74E9) |
| Cruise identifier | 15/10 |
| Cruise period | 2010-10-04 — 2010-10-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Aims
1. To conduct a standard underwater TV survey of Nephrops burrow densities on the Farn Deeps grounds, 55 35' - 54 45' N and 1 30' - 0 40' W, and to evaluate Nephrops abundance. 2. To characterise sediment features at and between TV survey stations using swathe bathymetry. 3. To carry out a preliminary survey of the Botney Gut Silver Pit grounds 54 15' - 53 35' N and 1 35' - 3 10' E to evaluate Nephrops abundance. Plan CEFAS ENDEAVOUR will sail on 4 October and will return to Lowestoft on 14 October. Video data will be collected from cameras mounted on a towed sledge. On the Farn Deeps grounds, 110 stations will be visited (80 priority 1 stations; 8 priority 2 stations; 17 priority 3 stations and 5 additional stations) with the aim of recording a clear 10 minute continuous video transect of the sea bed at each. If weather and logistics allow 36 stations on the Botney Gut Silver Pit grounds (21 priority 1 and 15 priority 2) will be visited and the same data collected. All video will be analysed and the counts confirmed at sea. |
| Chief scientist | Jonathon Mark Elson (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
| Project | MB001A |
| Cruise programme |  (0.44 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | North Sea (English NE and E Coast) |
