Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
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Cruise identifier | 10/67 |
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Cruise period | 1967-11-30 — 1967-12-06 |
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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 | 1. To sample the 0-group plaice population of Filey Bay using a
4 metre beam trawl.
2. To sample the benthos of Filey Bay using a van Veen grab and
the bottom plankton using a bottom plankton sampler. |
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Chief scientist | Stephen J Lockwood (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.17 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytobenthos | Quantity: number of hauls = 18 Description: benthos sampling |
Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of hauls = 18 Description: benthos sampling |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 23 Description: 4m beam trawl, most numerous fish were young pollock and whiting |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 23 Description: 4m beam trawl, most numerous fish were 0-group dabs, lesser weevers, 0-group plaice, dabs, sole and cod |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: plaice, dabs, sole, whiting and cod were measured and had stomach contents examined |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Grab | Quantity: number of hauls = 18 Description: van Veen grab |