Balaena 2/90
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Balaena (74G4) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/90 |
| Cruise period | 1990-10-05 — 1990-10-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Queenborough, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Queenborough, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To investigate the distribution and abundance of 0-group and juvenile bass, and to collect biological samples for use in growth studies
2) To tag juvenille/pre-recruit bassin nursery areas 3) To sample bass caught on the screens at Kingsnorth power station |
| Chief scientist | Derek Roy Eaton (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.94 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Medway and southern Thames Estuaries |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 14 Description: 2429 bass were caught |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 122 Description: of both 0-group and 1 group fish were collected from the screens and different locations in the Medway for use in growth studies in the laboratory |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 52 Description: Taggings of bass, 48 Hallprint 'T' bar tags and 4 mini-Howitt |
