RV Corystes COR13X/02
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corystes (74RY) |
| Cruise identifier | COR13X/02 |
| Cruise period | 2002-10-10 — 2002-10-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To conduct a standard underwater TV survey of Nephrops burrow densities on the Farn Deeps grounds, 55° 35' - 54° 45' N and 1° 30' to 0° 40' W, to evaluate Nephrops abundance for comparison with previous years.
2. To characterise sediment features at TV survey stations using a remote acoustic seabed discrimination system (QTC). |
| Chief scientist | Jonathon Mark Elson (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.17 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Farn Deeps |
| Track charts | (0.14 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of stations = 42 Description: successfully sampled using tv sledge. |