RV Tellina 5/75
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/75 |
| Cruise period | 1975-06-01 — 1975-06-13 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a trawl survey for demersal fish from 53 30'N to 55 40'N between the coast and the 12 mile limit.
2. To collect specimens of gonads from lemon sole for histological examination. 3. To collect and deep-freeze 10 ungutted cod of the 1972 year-class for Dr Portmann. 4. To collect stomach contents of cod for feeding studies. |
| Chief scientist | R G Houghton (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of hauls = 18 Description: cod |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of hauls = 18 Description: lemon sole gonads collected |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of samples = 70 Description: cod stomach contents |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of samples = 22 Description: lemon sole ovaries |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Quantity: number of stations = 25 Description: depth-stratified trawl survey between the coast and 12 mile limit |
