Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FV Angelle Marie (74ID) |
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Cruise identifier | 2/94 |
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Cruise period | 1994-05-25 — 1994-06-04 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Portsmouth Harbour, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Portsmouth Harbour, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To carry out a trawl survey for pre-recruit bass in the Solent area.
2. To sample commercial landings of bass.
3. To tag adolescent (32 cm+ total length) and older bass.
4. To tag and release large bass surplus to requirements at Portsmouth Sea-Life Centre. |
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Chief scientist | Derek Roy Eaton (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.15 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel |
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Specific | Solent area and the Sussex, Dorset and Hants coast |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 54 Description: trawl survey for pre-recruit bass. |
Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 119 Description: 87 bass in the length range 32-37cm and 32 large bass in the length range 66-80cm were tagged and released. |