RV Tellina 9B/72
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Tellina (74TE) |
| Cruise identifier | 9B/72 |
| Cruise period | 1972-10-10 — 1972-10-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Hartlepool, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To trawl for 0-group plaice.
2. To tag plaice of 10-30 cm. 3. To release four bundles of seabed drifters on two occasions. 4. To return 100 0-group plaice live to Lowestoft. 5. To return 0-group gadoids to Lowestoft. 6. To collect a water sample for Dr Reynolds. 7. To trawl at three hour intervals over 24 hours for 0-group plaice to study their feeding behaviour |
| Chief scientist | Stephen J Lockwood (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 8 Description: woodhead drifters T bottom only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 10 |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 10 |
| Taggings | Quantity: 2 |
