Balaena 1/89
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Balaena (74G4) |
| Cruise identifier | 1/89 |
| Cruise period | 1989-07-04 — 1989-07-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Queenborough, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To conduct a trawl survey of 'O' group and juvenile bass in the Medway/Thames/Swale, and to collect samples of bass for growth studies. |
| Chief scientist | Graham D Pickett (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.03 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Medway Estuary |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Description: dissolved oxygen |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 15 |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 12 Description: bass tagged. |
