FV Avon Valley Young Fish Survey 1987
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FV Avon Valley (74FV) |
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Cruise identifier | Young Fish Survey 1987 |
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Cruise period | 1987-09-02 — 1987-09-18 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Mudeford, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Mudeford, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Combined survey using: FV Avon Valley, FV Challenger, FV Jo's Boys, FV Our Tracey, FV Sharowna, FV St Richard and FV Sundance.
Aims:
To carry out an inshore beam trawl and push net survey of part of the North Sea and English Channel coasts of young demersal fish in relation to the environment. Including collecting data for juvenile flatfish yearclass size estimation.
Team 1: Beam trawl survey of Selsey Bill to Swanage Bay area 13th-17th September. Push net sites sampled throughout 2nd - 18th September. Cooling water intake screens at Dungeness 'A' power station sampled on 4th and 20th September.
Results:
Throughout the whole survey a total of 303 valid hauls using the standard 2m beam trawl and 40 push net sites using the standard 1.5m push net were sampled. All fish caught were identified and measured. Surface salinity and sediment samples were collected and surface temperature and benthos observations were made at each station. Observations of shrimp by-catch were recorded at each station. Samples of plaice were obtained in each of the main area fished for age determination studies.
Samples of 0-group sole were collected. |
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Chief scientist | Colin L Whiting (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.06 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel North Sea |
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Specific | The Wash-Swanage Bay
Selsey Bill to Swanage Bay |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: Observations made at each station. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytobenthos | Description: Observations made at each station. |
Zoobenthos | Description: Observations made at each station. |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 303 Description: (in total throughout the survey) standard 2m beam trawls and 40 standard 1.5m push net. |
Demersal fish | Description: samples of plaice for age determination studies |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 40 Description: (in total throughout the survey) standard 1.5m push net in the area of Rye Bay to Beachy Head |
Demersal fish | Description: samples of 0-group sole |
Crustaceans | Description: Shrimp by-catch recorded at each station. |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Grab | Description: Observations made at each station. |