Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 13/78 |
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Cruise period | 1978-09-28 — 1978-10-11 |
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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 carry out a high speed townet survey for herring larvae in the western portion of the central North Sea between the Farne Islands and Humber entrance.
2. To carry out mid-water trawling to identify pelagic fish traces and collect material for fecundity and biological studies on herring.
3. To freeze-dry samples of clupeid larvae for biochemical studies (Dr Greer Walker).
4. To test the acoustic towed body. |
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Chief scientist | P O Johnson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.33 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 103 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 103 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 103 |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 103 Description: monitoring,distribution |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 |
Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Quantity: track kilometres = 2222.4 |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: DNA-RNA concentrations |