Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
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Cruise identifier | 5/69 |
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Cruise period | 1969-06-16 — 1969-07-07 |
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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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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | To investigate the distribution and abundance of young herring and sprats along the English east coast, using beach seine and midwater trawls, between approximately the Farne Islands in the north and Dungeness in the south. |
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Chief scientist | R J Wood (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.11 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Eggs and larvae | Description: 0-group herring and larvae, counted and some collected |
Pelagic fish | Description: sprat |