RV Corystes COR10A/92
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
| Cruise identifier | COR10A/92 |
| Cruise period | 1992-08-21 — 1992-08-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To survey sites along the north Wales coast which look promising for long-term monitoring and research on the impact of fishing on the sea bed.
2. To test a variety of fishing, grabbing and acoustic gears and methods, including side scan sonar and ROXANNE, which might be used during the long-term programme. |
| Chief scientist | B E Spencer (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Conwy Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.52 MB) |
| Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 18 Description: beam trawl |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 25 |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 24 Description: still cameras deployed in an attempt to obtain pictures of seabed predators. |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: number of surveys = 5 |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of image series = 1 Description: video film of sea bed surveying the benthic communities before and after the beam trawl. |
