FV Hope Young Fish Survey 2002
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | FV Hope |
| Cruise identifier | Young Fish Survey 2002 |
| Cruise period | 2002-08-31 — 2002-09-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Morecambe, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Morecambe, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Young Fish Survey 2002: Team 4.
Aim: To carry out an inshore beam trawl survey of parts of Morecambe Bay for juvenile flatfish year class size estimation and collect data on young demersal fish in relation to the environment. 2m wooden beam trawl with 3mm-mesh liner. 10 minute duration tows and distance trawled recorded using GPS. Team 4: Morecambe Bay; 31st August - 5th September, 14th-17th September Morecambe: FV Hope, 31st August - 5th September, 5 days fishing Fleetwood: FV Albion, 14-17th September, 3 days fishing Results: 1. 61 valid tows completed successfully. Catch rates of sole were low maximum of 8 taken from a 10-minute tow and 46 for plaice. 2. At each station all the fish were identified and measured, shrimp catch was estimated volumetrically and benthic species recored. Observations of temperature, salinity and sediment type also collected. |
| Chief scientist | Michael W Easey (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Morecambe Bay |
| Track charts | (0.95 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: observations made at every station |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytobenthos | Description: observations made at every station |
| Zoobenthos | Description: observations made at every station |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 61 Description: (in total for Team 4) beam trawl survey of Morecambe Bay; all fish identified and measured |
| Demersal fish | Description: Catch rates of sole were low maximum of 8 taken from a 10-minute tow and 46 for plaice |
| Crustaceans | Description: shrimp catch estimated volumetrically |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Description: observations made at every station |
