Thalassa November/December 1977
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Thalassa (35TH) |
| Cruise identifier | November/December 1977 |
| Cruise period | 1977-11-30 — 1977-12-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Nantes, France |
| Port of return | Nantes, France |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a gadoid survey in the Bristol Channel and Irish Sea
2. To allow MAFF personnel to observe the rigging and handling of 36/47 GOV trawl. |
| Chief scientist | I L Davies (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bristol Channel Celtic Sea |
| Specific | Eddystone area, Scilly Isles, Bristol Channel, Jones Bank, Cardigan Bay, Irish Sea |
| Track charts | (0.04 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of hauls = 33 Description: A number of half hour trawls were made during the cruise. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 33 Description: A number of half hour trawls were made during the cruise. |
| Gear research | Description: Notes on gear perfomance were made. No. of hauls not noted. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Bottom photography | Description: Notes on gear perfomance were made. No. of hauls not noted. |
| In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling | Quantity: number of hauls = 33 Description: A number of half hour trawls were made during the cruise. |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: number of hauls = 33 Description: A number of half hour trawls were made during the cruise. |
