Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 18/75 |
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Cruise period | 1975-12-03 — 1975-12-17 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Objectives | 1. To test the theory that plaice move southwards towards their spawning grounds by means of passive tidal transport, remaining in mid-water during southerly tides and on the bottom during northerly tides.
2. To test the mini-scanner.
Gadoids were collected for the F.C.U. Samples of herring and various other species were collected for analysis at the laboratory. |
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Chief scientist | Michael Greer-Walker (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.15 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Southern North Sea, E of Benacre Ness, Ijmuiden, Brown Ridges, Indefatigable and Swarte Banks, Leman and Sherringhm Banks, Well and Broken Banks, Smiths Knoll |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 96 Description: 77 plaice were caught on southerly and 19 on northerly tides |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of experiments = 13 Description: Valid paired tows of 3 hours duration |