Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name | Sharowna |
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| Cruise identifier | Charter_1992 |
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| Cruise period | 1992-03-31 — 1992-04-09 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | 1. To study survival rates of discarded plaice.
2. To tag juvenile plaice to compare return rates of discarded fish |
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| Chief scientist | Richard Simon Millner (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (1.04 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
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| Specific | Brighton area |
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| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 250 Description: Fish for survival experiment with 50 discarded plaice, 100 from a 2 hour tow and 100 control fish |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 1199 Description: 602 discards, 597 control plaice were tagged and released |