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RV Corystes COR3B/88
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
Cruise identifier | COR3B/88 |
Cruise period | 1988-06-16 — 1988-06-28 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To estimate the contribution that 1, 2 and 3 year old mackerel make to total egg production in the western mackerel stock.
2. To estimate levels of astresia in mackerel ovaries during spawning. 3. To assess the contribution of mackerel spawning in the western channel to the western spawning stock. All the aims were successfully completed. |
Chief scientist | Michael Greer-Walker (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.22 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
Specific | Celtic Sea/ W. Approaches |
Track charts | (0.04 MB) |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 41 |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 41 |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 36 |