Rival
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Rival |
| Cruise period | 1991-06-10 — 1991-07-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To compare the selection characteristics for roundfish in 90mm cod-ends with 90mm square mesh windows using two types of small mesh cover.
To study a trawl modified to retain whiting separated from haddock using 90mm square mesh window panel fitted to the top side of a 90mm meshed cod-end and part of the extension; small mesh covers will also be fitted. |
| Chief scientist | John Main (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Moray Firth or Orkney Islands |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 24 Description: groundfish survey. |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: comparing cod-end catches, with and without covers. |
