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RV Corystes COR14/94

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Corystes (74RY)
Cruise identifierCOR14/94
Cruise period1994-11-24 — 1994-12-07
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLowestoft, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
PurposeTrials
Objectives1. To test and calibrate the sector scanning sonar transducer following refurbishment.
2. To test the telemetry tag decoder and to test 34kHz transponder.
3. To estimate (for the Data Storage Tag programme) the survival of plaice caught by 4m beam trawl.
4. To estimate (for the Data Storage Tag programme) the effects of tagging at sea with dummy DSTs on survival of plaice caught by 4m beam trawl.
5. To measure pressure on the sea bed with data storage tags to provide test data from known positions for the hydrographic models used in the Data Storage Tag programme.
6. To estimate swimming speed and orientation of place on their pre-spawning migration by simultaneous use of the sector scanning sonar and the ADCP.
Chief scientistJulian David Metcalfe (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportRV Corystes COR14/94 cruise report co14_94.pdf (0.33 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificSouthern North Sea
Track chartsRV Corystes COR14/94 cruise track — trk4038.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Current profiler (eg ADCP)Quantity: activity duration in days = 13
Description: fish (plaice) swimming speed determination
Biology and fisheries 
Demersal fishQuantity: activity duration in days = 13
Description: behavioural studies in plaice
TaggingsQuantity: activity duration in days = 13
Description: tests with data storage tags on fish
Geology and geophysics 
Long/short range side scan sonarQuantity: activity duration in days = 13
Description: determination of fish swimming speed