Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
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| Cruise identifier | 9/67 |
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| Cruise period | 1967-11-10 — 1967-11-22 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Dover, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | 1. To investigate the distribution and abundance of sprats and 0-group herring along the East Anglian coast, and in the Thames Estuary and Wash.
2. To collect samples of herring for Dr. Khalil (Commonwealth Bureau
of Helminthology). |
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| Chief scientist | R J Wood (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.12 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
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| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Pelagic fish | Description: samples of adult and 0-group herring |
| Pelagic fish | Description: mid-water trawl including: sprat, herring and whiting |
| Demersal fish | Description: mid-water trawl including: cod, dabs and gobies |
| Crustaceans | Description: mid-water trawl including: shrimps |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: sprat samples preserved |
| Geology and geophysics | |
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| Single-beam echosounding | Description: fleck traces |