Carhelmar 2/90
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Carhelmar (74OJ) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/90 |
| Cruise period | 1990-09-26 — 1990-10-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Brixham, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Brixham, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To carry out a trawl survey for sole, by repeating the standard grid of station positions
2) To collect length distributions and otolith samples of sole, 'monk', plaice and lemon sole 3) To collect samples of bryozoa and hydrozoa from hauls on which they occur for later examination by the shellfish group for scallop spat 4) To collect details of all crab and lobster 5) Cuttlefish were also caught |
| Chief scientist | Martin R Vince (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.95 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
| Specific | Western English Channel |
| Track charts | (0.37 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 57 Description: Stratified samples of otoliths were taken from sole (180), plaice (136), 'monk' (31) and lemon sole |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of samples = 57 Description: 29 crabs and 1 lobster were measured and sexed. 27 scallops were measured |
