RV Platessa tagged plaice were released off the Cumberland coast, using the RV "Platessa" during 1949 and 1950. In August 1951 echo-sounder traces were obtained over a wide area off Whitby by the RV 'Platessa', using a Marconi sounder. They were found to occur at a depth corresponding to that of a sharp thermocline, and small whiting about 3 in. in length, large Medusae, herring and sandeel larvæ were caught with a pelagic trawl at the depth of the trace. This work was reported in a ‘letter’ to the journal Nature in 1952. In 1950 the RV "Platessa" was involved in comparative
Remo flounder Remo flounder The Remo flounder, "Oncopterus darwinii", is an edible flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on bottoms at depths of between . Its native habitat is the southwestern Atlantic along the southeast coast of South America, from Santa Catarina, Brazil in the north to the San Matías Gulf, Argentina in the south. It can reach in length. The Remo flounder is a righteyed flounder and so has both its eyes on the right-hand side of its body. Its upper surface is pale brown in colour with small white spots, and large white spots