Solstice 0993H
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Solstice |
| Cruise identifier | 0993H |
| Cruise period | 1993-07-19 — 1993-08-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Gairloch, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To continue the 1992 trials to assess the survival of commercial species of fish escaping from a typical 500/600 hp bottom trawl fitted with 70, 90, 100 and 100mm diamond mesh cod-ends.
2. To measure the selectivity characteristics of each "test" cod-end using hooped covers and to assess the scale damage sustained by escaping fish. |
| Chief scientist | G I Sangster (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: A trawl took palce and all the contents of the net was transferred at depth into the fish transport container. |
| Demersal fish | Description: The fish were then monitored using divers to remove the dead fish and to feed those still alive. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of measurements = 1 Description: The fish were then towed at a constant 20m depth to the cage site. |
| Gear research | Quantity: activity duration in days = 1 Description: A dummy run was conducted of the fish escape collection, to familiarise staff with the new methods. |
