Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name | Aries |
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Cruise period | 1982-11-14 — 1982-11-26 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | To compare the catches of two Boris Fish/Prawn Trawls, one rigged as standard the other rigged with a separating panel 75cm above the groundline with the view of reducing the by-ctach of undersized gadoids in a Nephrops fishery. |
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Chief scientist | John Main (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Moray Firth, |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Description: Good catches at whiting were made throughout the cruise.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Crustaceans | Description: Nephrops catches were made throughout the cruise, but catches were poor.
No. of catches not noted. |