Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | Ina-K (74IK) |
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| Cruise identifier | 1/89 |
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| Cruise period | 1989-11-21 — 1989-11-28 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Leigh-on-Sea, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Leigh-on-Sea, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Fisheries |
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| Objectives | 1. To assess the distribution and abundance of herring in the Thames Estuary using a mid-water trawl.
2. To obtain an independent estimate of the age structure of the Thames spring spawning herring stock. |
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| Chief scientist | T J Hulme (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.11 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
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| Specific | Thames Estuary |
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| Track charts | (0.03 MB) |
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| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 20 Description: Larsen sprat trawls to assess the distribution and abundance of herring. |