RV Tellina 9/68
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
| Cruise identifier | 9/68 |
| Cruise period | 1968-05-01 — 1968-05-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | 1. To survey the Sizewell Bank flat fish stocks using:
(a) 12" Tin Tow net with 11.27 cm nose cone for fish eggs and larvae. (b) 2 m standard beam trawl for I-group populations. (c) Otter trawl for larger flat fish. 2. To release seabed and surface drifters. 3. To collect adult sole for laboratory use. |
| Chief scientist | John D Riley (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Description: surface drifters released |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Description: seabed drifters released |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Description: plankton samples |
| Zooplankton | Description: plankton samples |
| Eggs and larvae | Description: plankton samples |
| Pelagic fish | Description: 2m beam trawl catches |
| Demersal fish | Description: 2m beam trawl catches |
| Demersal fish | Description: otter trawl survey for lemon sole |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 25 Description: sole brought back to laboratory |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 67 Description: sole |
