Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
---|
Ship name | Independence |
---|
Cruise period | 1980-07-27 — 1980-07-30 |
---|
Status | Completed |
---|
Port of departure | Scarborough, United Kingdom |
---|
Port of return | Scarborough, United Kingdom |
---|
Purpose | Research |
---|
Objectives | To obtain information on the discard rates of commercial fishing vessels off the North East Coast. |
---|
Chief scientist | Philip Anthony Large (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
---|
Cruise report | (0.11 MB) |
---|
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
---|
Specific | North East Coast |
---|
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
---|
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Tows were made between the W and SW edges of Brucey's Garden. The main catch was haddock in this area.
No. of hauls not notes. |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 1833 Description: A number of hauls were made with fish retained and discarded from each haul.
A total number of 1833 fish were measured. |