RV Corystes COR4/95
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
| Cruise identifier | COR4/95 |
| Cruise period | 1995-03-15 — 1995-04-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a beam trawl survey of groundfish in the Irish Sea.
2. To sample fish eggs on a grid of stations, throughout the Irish Sea and in Cardigan Bay, using the 76cm unencased high speed plankton sampler. 3. To determine the proportion mature by size and age group of the sole and plaice populations in the Irish Sea. 4. To obtain sole and plaice gonads for the determination of fecundity, atresia and spawning duration. 5. To carry out a beam trawl survey of groundfish in the Bristol Channel. All the aims were successfully completed. |
| Chief scientist | Stephen Flatman (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.16 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bristol Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea, Bristol Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 26 Description: continuous T & S |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 96 Description: surface S only |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 120 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 106 Description: fish egg survey |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 106 Description: fish egg survey |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 78 Description: groundfish survey |
