Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
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Cruise identifier | 6A/70 |
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Cruise period | 1970-06-01 — 1970-06-12 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Weymouth, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To determine the distribution of all size groups of the local plaice stock.
2. To determine mean selection length of plaice in the local fishery.
3. To determine differences in the food of plaice between size groups and different grounds.
4. To mark and release young soles in the Exe, Teign, Dart and Salcombe Rivers in the event of bad weather. |
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Chief scientist | R G Houghton (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 | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 15 Description: plaice experim.:size,distr.,food plaice and sole otoliths taken |