Prince Madog
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Prince Madog (74PD) |
| Cruise period | 1987-05-18 — 1987-05-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Menai Bridge, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Menai Bridge, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To collect live mature sole to supplement broodstocks held at the Conwy Laboratory.
2. To attempt artificial fertilisations of sole eggs. 3. To attempt the production of gynogenomes as a means of investigating the sex determining mechanism of sole. 4. To collect samples of fish for AEP2 (Franklin). |
| Chief scientist | Barry R Howell (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Conwy Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of track lines = 6 Description: A number of female sole were analysed and their eggs used in artificial insemination, two of the attempts produced viable egss which hatched in the laboratory. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of track lines = 6 Description: A number of female sole were analysed and their eggs used in artificial insemination, two of the attempts produced viable egss which hatched in the laboratory. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 90 Description: A number of live sole were transported back to the laboratory, mortalities were low. |
