FV Kestrel
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FV Kestrel (74KQ) |
| Cruise period | 1990-04-01 — 1990-04-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Peterhead, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Peterhead, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To fish a seine net using three sizes of cod end: 90mm x 120 meshes round, 110mm x 100 meshes round and 90mm x 100 meshes round.
To collect: a) selectivity data for the three codends using a small mesh cover; and b) discard data for the two codends with 100mm meshes round, without the codend cover. |
| Chief scientist | Kenneth Arkley (Sea Fish Industry Authority) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Shetland or Orkney waters |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Description: Comparing the selectivity of three sizes of codends |
