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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. |