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Guide Me 'B'

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship nameGuide Me 'B'
Cruise period1989-09-26 — 1989-09-29
StatusCompleted
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To tag and release about 1000 1-gp sole on the Rhyl Flats nursery ground.
2. To return about 100 tagged fish to this Laboratory for estimation of their mortality rates.
Chief scientistBarry R Howell (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Conwy Laboratory)
Cruise reportGuide Me 'B'  cruise report guideme_b_26sep89.pdf (0.03 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralIrish Sea and St. George's Channel
SpecificRhyl Flats, Irish Sea
Measurements 
Biology and fisheries 
Demersal fishQuantity: number of specimens = 418
Description: A number of sole were measured and tagged before being released. 40 were kept back to be taken to the laboratory.