Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FV Angelle Marie (74ID) |
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Cruise identifier | 2/90 |
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Cruise period | 1990-09-18 — 1990-09-23 |
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Status | Completed |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) To carry out a trawl survey of pre-recruit bass
2) To investigate the distribution and abundance 0-group bass in the area
3) To tag juvenille bass (<MLS -36 cm) in nursery areas |
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Chief scientist | Derek Roy Eaton (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.92 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel |
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Specific | Southampton Water, Solent and adjacent harbours |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 35 Description: covering all the normal survey areas, 1985 bass caught |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 14 Description: using sandeel trawls in Chichester and Langstone harbours, replicating tows from the pre-recruit survey, 1307 bass caught |
Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 331 Description: Bass were tagged and released in the 3 nursery areas. 274 tagged with Hallprint 'T' bar internal/external tags, 57 fish using mini-Howitt rigid flat tags |