MV Harvester 6/88 Part 2
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | MV Harvester |
| Cruise identifier | 6/88 Part 2 |
| Cruise period | 1988-07-10 — 1988-07-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Swansea, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Swansea, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To tag pre-recruit soles.
Part 1: 18th-28th June, Swansea Bay, MV Katie. Part 2: 10th-17th July, Carmarthen Bay, MV Harvester. Sailed from Burryport, fished using a 4m beam trawl in the river channel outside Burryport, Rhossili Bay and 3 sites in Carmarthen Bay. Burry Inlet, depth 8m, 446 tagged. Rhossili Bay, depth 10m, 379 tagged. Pendine, depth 8m, 1 tagged. By-catches generally small, mainly plaice, brill, small rays, angler fish, gurnards, solenettes, brittlestars and large jellyfish. |
| Chief scientist | David J Symonds (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bristol Channel Celtic Sea |
| Specific | Carmarthen Bay |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 826 Description: pre-recruit sole tagged and released. |
