RV Corella 16/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 16/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-12-07 — 1976-12-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| 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. |
| Chief scientist | Michael Greer-Walker (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 16 Description: confirming the selective tidal trsp.hypothesis for plaice migr.by midwater trawling |
