Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name | Susan Bird |
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| Cruise period | 1981-01-11 — 1981-01-17 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Newhaven, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Newhaven, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | To fish scallop dredges to sample deeply buried plaice in an area of newly spawned plaice eggs previously located by RV CIROLANA using High Speed Plankton samplers. |
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| Chief scientist | Garry J Howlett (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.04 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
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| Specific | Southern Bight of the North Sea |
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| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Demersal fish | Description: Plaice caught and sampled for length, age, sex and maturation stage. |