Carhelmar 1/93
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Carhelmar (74OJ) |
| Cruise identifier | 1/93 |
| Cruise period | 1993-10-05 — 1993-10-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Dartmouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Dartmouth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To determine the catch rates of sole by repeating the annual beam trawl survey in the Western Channel
2) To obtain biological data on selected fish species 3) To collect details of all crab (Cancer pagurus), lobster and scallop caught |
| Chief scientist | Martin R Vince (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.69 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
| Specific | Western English Channel |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 57 Description: Half-hour tows. Stratified samples of otoliths were taken from sole (333), plaice (205), lemon sole (19) and monk (24) |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of samples = 71 Description: 23 crabs (Cancer pagurus) and 48 scallops were caught. Both species wer measured and the crabs sexed and examined for damage |
