RV Cefas Endeavour 10/04
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cefas Endeavour (74E9) |
| Cruise identifier | 10/04 |
| Cruise period | 2004-08-05 — 2004-09-04 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To carry out the quarter 3 International Groundfish Survey of the North Sea, sampling at 75 primary stations covering the area from latitude 51° 45'N to 61° 30'N. At each station, a 30 minute tow was made with the GOV bottom trawl with micro CTD attached. The total catch taken in the GOV trawl was weighed and measured by species. Age/length keys will be produced from selected commercially important species. Surface water samples taken at 37 primary stations for caesium and tritium analysis. A 5 min 2m beam trawl haul was conducted at 32 selected main trawl positions and a set of 5 Van Veen grab deployments at 24 of those 32 to provide benthos data. This work was part of an EU funded project 'Managing Fisheries to Conserve Groundfish and Benthic Invertebrate Species Diversity'. Surface water samples were collected from 37 sites for caesium and tritium analysis. |
| Chief scientist | Trevor W Boon (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
| Project | International Bottom Trawl Surveys - North Sea |
| Cruise programme |  (0.02 MB) |
| Cruise report | (0.19 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts | (0.10 MB) (0.15 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 75 Description: Micro CTD profiles |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of stations = 37 Description: Surface water samples for caesium and tritium analysis |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of stations = 32 Description: Epi-benthic samples from 2m beam trawl |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of stations = 24 Description: Benthic material from Van Veen grab |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 72 Description: GOV catches of all fish species |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 72 Description: GOV catches of all fish species |
