Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | Balaena (74G4) |
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Cruise identifier | 1/88 |
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Cruise period | 1988-10-19 — 1988-10-22 |
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Status | Completed |
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Purpose | Fisheries |
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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. |
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Chief scientist | Derek Roy Eaton (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.05 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | R. Medway, Kent |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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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. |