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RV Corella 10/74

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Corella (74CX)
Cruise identifier10/74
Cruise period1974-07-01 — 1974-07-10
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLowestoft, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To determine the reactions of plaice to a Granton trawl by extending
the series of experiments carried out by CLIONE + CORELLA in 1972/73.
2. Collection of live plaice for future sector scanning cruises.
Chief scientistJ P Bridger (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportRV Corella 10/74 cruise report corella10_74.pdf (0.15 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Track chartsRV Corella 10/74 cruise track — trk1361.html RV Corella 10/74 cruise track — trk1362.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Quantity: number of stations = 2
Description: T only
Biology and fisheries 
PhytoplanktonQuantity: number of samples = 1
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of samples = 1
Demersal fishQuantity: number of hauls = 25
Description: 19 monitoring 6 behaviour
TaggingsQuantity: number of hauls = 34
Description: attacking acoustically-tagged plaice
Exploratory fishingQuantity: number of hauls = 34
Description: attacking acoustically-tagged plaice
Meteorology 
Occasional standard measurementsQuantity: number of observations = 22