RV Tellina 14/68
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
| Cruise identifier | 14/68 |
| Cruise period | 1968-08-05 — 1968-08-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To continue fecundity studies within the ray survey area off the north Norfolk coast.
2. To obtain small live gadoids for tank experiments. |
| Chief scientist | C N Humphreys (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.17 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Biochemical measurements (eg lipids, amino acids) | Quantity: number of samples = 6 Description: shell gland samples |
| Biochemical measurements (eg lipids, amino acids) | Description: whiting otolith samples taken |
| Biochemical measurements (eg lipids, amino acids) | Quantity: number of samples = 18 Description: ray blood samples |
| Pelagic fish | Description: codend catches contained small whiting |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 25 Description: 22 rays obtained |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: female ray - measurements of cloaca and ovary state and number of capsules |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: ray length, width and stomach contents observed |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of samples = 25 Description: ray vertebrae |
