Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name | MFV Ocean Venture |
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| Cruise period | 1980-10-22 — 1980-10-22 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Whitby, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Whitby, United Kingdom |
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| Objectives | Three hauls of around 3 hours duration were made in a position 6 miles off Redcar before bad weather forced vessel back to Whitby. Mainly cod, haddock and flatfish caught. An estimate of the catches in weight were:
1. total catch = 30st; retained catch = 25st.
2. total catch = 25st; retained catch = 20st.
3. total catch = 40st; retained catch = 33st. |
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| Chief scientist | Eric Edwards (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.03 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
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| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: mainly cod, haddock and flatfish; total catch estimated at 95 st, retained catch 78 st |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: mainly cod, haddock and flatfish; total catch estimated at 95 st, retained catch 78 st |