RV Cefas Endeavour 8/04
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cefas Endeavour (74E9) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/04 |
| Cruise period | 2004-07-15 — 2004-07-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To perform side by side comparative sampling with RV Corystes. Work will involve comparing the performance of biological sampling gears in shallow water (~20m; Grid 1, transects 1-J & 1-L), mid water (20-40m; Grid 1, transect 1-G & 1-H) and deep water (40m+; Grid 2, transect 2-J & 2-H)2. The gears used will be scientific echosounders (EK60 & SH80), standard Granton trawl and sandeel dredge.
2. To undertake trials of a video dredge3 (video camera mounted on an arm in front of dredge hood). |
| Chief scientist | David Andrew Righton (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.20 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | west side of Dogger Bank |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 18 Description: Trawls made using Granton net. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of stations = 18 Description: worked using a modified scallop dredge. |
| Bottom photography | Description: Experimental trials of a video-camera equipped sandeel dredge. |
