RV Corystes COR2/00
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
| Cruise identifier | COR2/00 |
| Cruise period | 2000-02-01 — 2000-02-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an ichthyoplankton sampling grid (for cod and plaice eggs).
2. To carry out a plaice population sampling using a Granton trawl. 3. To collect biological information and samples of mature plaice and cod. 4. To visually inspect the Smartbuoy deployed to the NE of Lowestoft. Aims 1-3 are in support of project C0798: Irish Sea egg production and estimation of biomass. |
| Chief scientist | Stephen Flatman (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
| Project | Irish Sea Egg BIOMASS |
| Coordinating body | EC |
| Cruise report |  (0.18 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 16 Description: Continuous surface water salinity and temperature. |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of hauls = 104 Description: Gulf VII plankton sampler. Fish eggs; salinity and temperature on double oblique dive. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 104 Description: Gulf VII plankton sampler. Fish eggs; salinity and temperature on double oblique dive. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 15 Description: Granton trawl. All fish measured. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 13 Description: 4m beam trawl. All fish measured. |
