Sunbeam
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Sunbeam (740L) |
| Cruise period | 1990-07-04 — 1990-07-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Scalloway, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Comparison of catches using varying cod ends |
| Chief scientist | Richard S T Ferro (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Off Shetland |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 6 Description: 80mm square mesh window was fished for 6 hauls. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: More hauls were made with the standard cod-end and a 90mm square mesh window. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 37 Description: Hauls were made with the standard 90mm diamond mesh cod-end. Haddock, whiting and cod were all caught. |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: In the area around Fair Isle and Foula three hauls were made with the 70mm mesh cod-ends, to check the equality of the catches. |
