RV Tellina 11A/76 & Cr.11B/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
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| Cruise identifier | 11A/76 & Cr.11B/76 |
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| Cruise period | 1976-09-02 — 1976-09-28 |
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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 | Fisheries |
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| Objectives | AIMS: A and B
1. To carry out a survey of 0 and 1-group flatfish stocks using the standard 2 m beam trawl and 1 1/2 m push net.
2. To tag 1-group sole in the Thames
3. To preserve all fish from selected stations in the River Humber and Boston Deeps for P Valker (F.S.M. 1).
4. To sample a grid of stations in the Thames Estuary in order to investigate the seasonal movements of 0 and 1-group sole, plaice and gadoids. |
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| Chief scientist | John D Riley (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.12 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bristol Channel |
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| Track charts | |
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| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
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| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 147 Description: surface only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 11 |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 147 Description: population structures |