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RV Corystes COR5A/97
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
Cruise identifier | COR5A/97 |
Cruise period | 1997-04-16 — 1997-04-26 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Port of return | North Shields, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To conduct a TV survey of the English NE coast Nephrops grounds using a towed sledge and underwater TV camera to evaluate burrow density and estimate Nephrops biomass in the area 55º35' - 54º45' N and 1º30' - 0º40' W.
2. To backup the TV survey with a trawl survey to establish the size composition and sex radio of the Nephrops catch. 3. To collect sediment samples by Day grab to establish the type of substrate most suitable for Nephrops. 4. To carry out seabed classification trials using Quester Tangent QTC view mk4. |
Chief scientist | Clive G Brown (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.25 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Specific | Inshore Redcar-Scarborough; Bridlington Bay; Holderness coast; West Sole Gas Field; Sole Pit; Dudgeon Shoal; Race Bank |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Crustaceans | Quantity: number of stations = 23 Description: Nephrops measurements |
Geology and geophysics | |
Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 109 Description: Mud samples |
Bottom photography | Quantity: number of image series = 109 Description: 10-minute video tape runs of substrate |