RV Corystes COR3A/97
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
| Cruise identifier | COR3A/97 |
| Cruise period | 1997-02-26 — 1997-03-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | One of an annual series of cruises to study the distribution and abundance of demersal flatfish species in western coastal waters of England and Wales.
Specific objectives: 1) To carry out a beam trawl survey at standard sites. 2) To collect data on maturity and weight at age of sole, plaice and lemon sole. 3) To determine the distribution and abundance of juvenile and adult sole and plaice. |
| Chief scientist | Stephen Flatman (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Specific | Irish Sea, Bristol Channel, Celtic Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 20 Description: Continuous surface temperature and salinity measurements |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 30 Description: CTD profiles; salinity samples of surface water taken for validation |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of stations = 115 Description: 4m beam trawl hauls; all species identified and measured |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 115 Description: 4m beam trawl hauls; all species identified and measured |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: number of stations = 95 Description: Roxann seabed discrimination system used on most trawl stations (<70m depth) |
