Rockhopper
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Rockhopper |
| Cruise period | 1992-12-08 — 1992-12-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | St. Mawes, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | St. Mawes, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To assess pre-recruit scallop abundance inshore between Dodman Point and the Lizard (for comparison with offshore data collected by RV CORYSTES in July).
2. To use an underwater still camera to investigate a patch of juvenile scallops located in 1991. Due to delay of this survey, the camera was not available for this cruise. 3. To obtain 1991/92 catch/effort data from FV ROCKHOPPER logbook. Insufficient time to complete this aim. |
| Chief scientist | David William Palmer (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
| Specific | Falmouth Bay |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Molluscs | Quantity: 7 Description: dredge tows to determine pre-recruit scallop abundance |
