RV Corystes COR1/89
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
| Cruise identifier | COR1/89 |
| Cruise period | 1989-01-05 — 1989-01-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Collect stage IV plaice gonads for fecundity studies (DDB2).
2. Collection of stage IV and VII female plaice - trawling at tidal slacks and over 24 hour periods. 3. Collection of plaice pituitaries for subsequent gonadotrophin purification. 4. Collection of blood and urine from mature female dabs for steroid identification. 5. Collection of cod guts (Royal Holloway College). 6. Collection of cod gonads for genetic studies (Birmingham University). 7. Plaice ovary incubations (steroid bioassay). |
| Chief scientist | Alexander Pickering Scott (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | North Sea (south of 54deg and west of 30deg); Southern Bight - Brown Ridge, Hinder Ground |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 80 |
