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Fertile II 1002H Part II
Cruise plan
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name | Fertile II |
Cruise identifier | 1002H Part II |
Cruise period | 2002-08-24 — 2002-09-07 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Peterhead, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Peterhead, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. Using the twin trawl method in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, to determine the selectivity of experimental flexi-grids with 35 mm and 40 mm bar spacing, a 120 mm codend with a 110 mm "Bacoma" square mesh panel and a standard 120 mm codend with either 80 or 100 open meshes.
2. If time permits, to compare the catches and discards retained by one of the standard 120 mm codends from Part I of the cruise and one of the flexi-grids. |
Chief scientist | Richard S T Ferro (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Specific | Norwegian territorial waters |