Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 13/82 |
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Cruise period | 1982-09-07 — 1982-09-27 |
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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 investigate the orientation and behaviour of plaice in relation to bottom topography and near-bed currents under the combined influence of tide and swell.
2. To test the deployment and operation of the MAFF antonomous near-bed velocity recorder.
3. To collect samples of juvenile scallops seeded in the Salcombe estuary.
4. To carry out trial dives with a potential diving trainee. |
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Chief scientist | Geoffrey P Arnold (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.19 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel |
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Specific | Start Bay |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Current meters | Quantity: activity duration in days = 6 Description: Near-bottom velocity recorder deployment. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Quantity: activity duration in days = 10 Description: observation of caged, tagged plaice. |