Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name | FV Alvic |
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| Cruise period | 1985-09-07 — 1985-09-20 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Whitstable, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Whitstable, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | AllTeams. To carry out the English component to the international young flatfish programme in the North Sea and the eastern English Channel. |
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| Chief scientist | Terry Watson (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 | South Thames |
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| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
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| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of hauls = 294 Description: A number of hauls were made as part of a flatfish survey. All fish caught were measured and identified. Salinity, sediment and temperature observations were also made. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Sediment traps | Quantity: number of hauls = 294 Description: A number of hauls were made as part of a flatfish survey. All fish caught were measured and identified. Salinity, sediment and temperature observations were also made. |
| Pelagic fish | Description: Samples of sole and plaice were collected for morphometric analysis.
No. of samples not noted. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of surveys = 2 Description: A survey of the distribution and abundance of 0 gp sole took place; a number of sole were collected for the laboratory and stomach contents analysed. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 294 Description: A number of hauls were made as part of a flatfish survey. All fish caught were measured and identified. Salinity, sediment and temperature observations were also made. |