RV Corystes COR13/90
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
| Cruise identifier | COR13/90 |
| Cruise period | 1990-12-07 — 1990-12-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To collect samples of sediment and benthos from various North Sea Task Force Stations.
2. To identify sites for long term monitoring of sediment quality and benthos. No sites suitable for long-term benthic monitoring were identified. 3. To collect samples for the Joint Monitoring Group Baseline sediment survey. 4. To collect samples of sediment and benthos from various aggregate extraction sites off Lowestoft. |
| Chief scientist | Steven M Rowlatt (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | English Channel, Southwest Approaches, Bristol Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 20 |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 132 |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: underwater TV |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 12 |
