Aries
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Aries |
| Cruise period | 1981-08-24 — 1981-09-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lochinver, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lochinver, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To observe roundfish behaviour in the mouth of both a Cosalt 3 Bridle Trawl BT 117 with a grass rope and a Boris Mystic BT 132 with a bobbin rig
2. To observe and film the 'Bison' a new polyvalent board of comparable size to a 1.8m Vee board. 3. To observe the catches of an experimental two level fish/prawn trawl. |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Description: Round fish behaviour was observed. No. of observations not noted. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of observations = 1 Description: To observe the catches of an experimental two level fish/prawn trawl. |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of observations = 1 Description: To observe the catches of an experimental two level fish/prawn trawl. |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of images = 1 Description: To observe and film the 'Bison', a new polyvalent board of comparable size to a 1.8m Vee board. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of images = 1 Description: To observe and film the 'Bison', a new polyvalent board of comparable size to a 1.8m Vee board. |
