RV Corella 13/82
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 13/82 |
| Cruise period | 1982-09-07 — 1982-09-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| 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. |
| Chief scientist | Geoffrey P Arnold (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.19 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
| Specific | Start Bay |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: activity duration in days = 6 Description: Near-bottom velocity recorder deployment. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: activity duration in days = 10 Description: observation of caged, tagged plaice. |
