Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Ernest Holt (74EH) |
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Cruise identifier | 1B/67 |
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Cruise period | 1967-01-27 — 1967-02-03 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To carry out tests of the acoustic arch headline system.
2. Test the F.M.T.D. system with X-Y plotter.
3. Use the high-powered 100 Kc/s echo sounder. |
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Chief scientist | Ronald B Mitson (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 | English Channel Celtic Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Gear research | Description: test acoustic arch headline system |
Gear research | Description: test F.M.T.D system |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: fish livers collected |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Single-beam echosounding | Description: high powered H/F echo-sounder for fish traces |