Ocean Bounty
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Ocean Bounty (74OF) |
| Cruise period | 1989-10-13 — 1989-10-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Berwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Berwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Ocean Bounty (DAFS charter) -
1. To survey the artificial reef in Pease Bay, Torness. 2. To investigate the possibility of using the towed sledge and underwater TV to estimate edible crab (Cancer pagurus) densities. |
| Chief scientist | James A M Kinnear (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Pease Bay |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Crustaceans | Description: Commercial fishing grounds for edible crab were surveyed. |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: Survey of artificial reef. |
