FV Silver Star 2/87
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FV Silver Star (74W5) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/87 |
| Cruise period | 1987-06-19 — 1987-06-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Conwy, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Conwy, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a groundfish survey along the North Wales coast.
2. To collect samples of otoliths of commercial species. 3. To obtain accurate gutted weight data of all plaice and sole selected for otoliths samples. 4. To obtain mesh selection data. 5. To obtain samples of ungutted plaice and whiting for contaminant trend analysis work by A Franklin (Burnham). |
| Chief scientist | C N Humphreys (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | North east Irish Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 24 Description: groundfish survey. Stratified samples of otoliths collected from commercial species. |
| Gear research | Description: Obtaining mesh selection data |
