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Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship nameAries
Cruise period1986-05-19 — 1986-06-06
StatusCompleted
Port of departureCullen, United Kingdom
Port of returnCullen, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesTo establish at what height Pandalus borealis pass into the trawl at various times of the day on the Fladen grounds.
Chief scientistJohn Main (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Cruise reportAries  cruise report aries_may86.pdf (0.05 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificCullen Bay, Fraserburgh, Fladen Grounds
Measurements 
Biology and fisheries 
CrustaceansDescription: Catches of Pandalus montagui were looked at nothing that the catches were at the middle and the bottom of the net, rather then at the surface. No. of samples not noted.
Gear researchDescription: Sampling nets were trawled during the 1st two days off Cullen to analyse the shrimp catch. No. of samples not noted.