Sunbeam
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Sunbeam (740L) |
| Cruise period | 1986-07-28 — 1986-08-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a bottom trawl survey to determine the distribution of 1-group and older sandeels (Ammodytes marinus) around Shetland.
2. To determine day/night effects on the age-structure of A.marinus buried in the sediment. 3. To collect biological and environmental data on sandeels and sandeel fishing grounds. |
| Chief scientist | Philip Kunzlik (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Description: Metre-net plankton sample taken from each ground fished. |
| Zooplankton | Description: Metre-net plankton sample taken from each ground fished. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 37 |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 49 |
