Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
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Cruise identifier | 1/70 |
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Cruise period | 1970-01-05 — 1970-01-16 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To make an echo and hydrographical survey of the Thames Estuary and
approaches.
2. To sample the echo traces with a mid-water sprat trawl.
3. To obtain samples of the sea bed in any locality where spawning
herring are caught.
4. To obtain inshore samples of sprats and herring with a beach seine
or shrimp trawl. |
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Chief scientist | R J Wood (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.10 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 42 |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Dredge | |
Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: number of observations = 9 Description: samp.with mid-water trawl |