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RRS Challenger CH113

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RRS Challenger (74CH)
Cruise identifierCH113
Cruise period1994-07-05 — 1994-07-15
StatusCompleted
Port of departureBarry, United Kingdom
Port of returnSwansea, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesSampling demersal fish fauna; photographing and tracking deep-demersal fish and benthic fauna
Chief scientistImants G Priede (University of Aberdeen, Oceanlab)
ProjectCommunity Structures and Processes in the deep sea (MAST II)
Coordinating bodyIOS Deacon Laboratory (on behalf of the CEC MAST Programme)
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificPorcupine Seabight
Track chartsRRS Challenger CH113 cruise track — trk3999.html
Measurements 
Biology and fisheries 
ZoobenthosQuantity: number of deployments = 1
Description: box core
Demersal fishQuantity: number of hauls = 3
Description: OTSB14 trawl - towed on bottom
Moorings, landers, buoys 
Biology and fisheries 
Demersal fish48° 52' 0" N  16° 30' 0" W — Bathysnap rec. 12 July
Demersal fish49° 43' 0" N  13° 16' 0" W — DEMAR - amphipod trap depl. and rec. 8 July
Demersal fish49° 47' 59" N  13° 19' 59" W — AUDOS camera depl. & lost at this location 8 Jul