FV Challenge 'A' Young Fish Survey 1983
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FV Challenge 'A' (740E) |
| Cruise identifier | Young Fish Survey 1983 |
| Cruise period | 1983-09-01 — 1983-09-13 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Skegness, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Skegness, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Humber-Wells area surveyed.
Team 3: FV Challenge and FV Le Terrible Aims: 1. To carry out the English component to the International young flatfish assessment programme in the North Sea and eastern English Channel. 2. To study the distribution of shrimps in the Humber - north Norfolk coast. |
| Chief scientist | Colin L Whiting (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of surveys = 1 Description: The Humber-Wells area was surveyed for flat fish during the cruise, despite poor weather. All fish caught identified and measured. |
| Crustaceans | Description: samples of shrimps collected from the Humber-North Norfolk coast area |
