RV Corystes COR1/88
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
| Cruise identifier | COR1/88 |
| Cruise period | 1988-04-28 — 1988-05-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | 1. To evaluate the new control and data logging system of the sector scanning sonar unit under operational conditions.
2. To test the prototype transponding acoustic tilt tag being developed for IMR, Bergen. 3. To test for possible behavioural reactions of fish to the discrete tones generated by the propulsion motors with the smoothing chokes out of circuit. |
| Chief scientist | Geoffrey P Arnold (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.16 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Suffolk coast |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: Moorings deployed, each with 2 current meters. Both moorings recovered |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: Fish behaviour studies |
