Balaena 1/88
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Balaena (74G4) |
| Cruise identifier | 1/88 |
| Cruise period | 1988-10-19 — 1988-10-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To estimate the abundance of 0 group/juvenile bass in the R. Medway, especailly in the vicinity of Kingsnorth Power Station.
2. To descrive the distribution, movement and length distributions of 0 group/juvenile bass in the area. 3. To estimate the daily mortality rate of 0 group bass (due to entrainment on the cooling-water intake screens) at Kingsnorth Power Station using dye-marked fish. 4. To collect biological samples of bass for growth studies. |
| Chief scientist | Derek Roy Eaton (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | R. Medway, Kent |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of deployments = 4 Description: Fish traps were deployed at the lagoon at Kingsnorth power station. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of surveys = 1 Description: The Medway river between Grain and the Medway Bridge was surveyed using fine mesh trawls. |
