Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name | Silver Harvester |
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| Cruise period | 1991-02-07 — 1991-02-20 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | Ascertain by directed fishing, the proportion of juvenile mackerel in and around the Mackerel Box |
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| Chief scientist | T J Hulme (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (1.35 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
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| Specific | Off the south west coast |
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| Track charts | (0.30 MB) |
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| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 20 Description: made with the mid-water trawl codend. Mackerel, pilchard, and herring were caught. 4926 fish were measured |