RV Cefas Endeavour 7/05
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cefas Endeavour (74E9) |
| Cruise identifier | 7/05 |
| Cruise period | 2005-05-05 — 2005-05-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To use acoustic & fishing survey methods to estimate the abundance and distribution of sandeels on sandeel fishing grounds on the North West Riff (Dogger Bank) & The Hills.
2. To use fishing survey methods to estimate the abundance and distribution of predatory fish feeding on sandeels on the sandeel fishing grounds on the North West Riff & The Hills. 3. To search for fish tagged during cruise END 03/05 4. To use fishing survey methods (Bongo net) to estimate the abundance and distribution of plankton on the sandeel fishing grounds on the North West Riff & The Hills. 5. Sampling for potential fecundity in pre-spawning mackerel. |
| Chief scientist | David Andrew Righton (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.01 MB) |
| Cruise report | (1.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts | (1.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Isotopes | Quantity: number of samples = 389 Description: Muscle tissue taken from predatory fish for isotopic analysis. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 60 Description: plankton dips. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 60 Description: plankton dips. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 63 Description: dredging for sandeels. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 60 Description: survey for predatory fish. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of stations = 63 Description: dredging for sandeels. |
