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 |