Guiding Light 2/99
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Guiding Light |
| Cruise identifier | 2/99 |
| Cruise period | 1999-11-14 — 1999-11-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To measure the effect on fish discards of fitting a 90 mm (nominal) square mesh panel into the 100 mm extension of a commercial whitefish trawl using the alternate haul technique.
2. To collect data on the total population entering the trawl using a 40 mm mesh codend. |
| Chief scientist | Robert J Kynoch (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Balta Sound, Fetlar |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: population studies |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: Investigate the effect on fish discards of fitting a 90mm (nominal) square mesh panel into the 100mm extension of a commercial whitefish trawl. |
