Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 16/76 |
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Cruise period | 1976-12-07 — 1976-12-17 |
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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 fish in midwater for migrating plaice in a line south of Smith's Knoll in order to elucidate any variations in numbers of fish with time.
2. To take water samples from a pit in position 52°10.2'N and 2°15.0'E.
3. To collect anchovies and plaice for histological analysis.
4. To return live plaice, sole, spurdogs and various other species to the laboratory. |
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Chief scientist | Michael Greer-Walker (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.10 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 16 Description: confirming the selective tidal trsp.hypothesis for plaice migr.by midwater trawling |