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BODC Cruise Metadata Report for FRV Scotia (748S) cruise 0811S

Introduction

This report collates information from the BODC cruise inventory and oceanographic databases. It presents

Cruise Inventory Information

Long name FRV Scotia (748S) cruise 0811S
Short name 0811S
Objectives and Narrative Objectives

1. To conduct an acoustic survey to estimate the abundance and distribution of herring in the northwestern North Sea and north of Scotland between 58º30'-62ºN and from the shelf edge to 2ºE, excluding Faroese waters.
2. To obtain biological samples for echosounder trace identification using a pelagic trawl.
3. To obtain samples of herring for biological analysis, including age, length, weight, sex, maturity and ichthyophonus infection.
4. To obtain hydrographic data for comparison with the horizontal and vertical distribution of herring.
5. To deploy Stonehaven hydrographic mooring.

Procedure

All gear will be loaded in Aberdeen on Monday 4 July. Access will be required to the drop keel area to allow removal of the Reson swathe transducer used on the previous cruise and installation of the multi sampler transducers. It is hoped that this can be done on 4 July. The vessel will depart Aberdeen on Wednesday 6 July and make passage for Stonehaven Bay to deploy the hydrographic mooring, after which two staff members will be disembarked and transported ashore by RHIB. The vessel will then head for Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, where a calibration of all echosounders will take place (approximately 8 12 hours at anchor). Crew training and trial deployments of fishing gear will take place en route as convenient for the fishing master.

The survey will commence after calibration and follow a pattern of parallel transects running east/west, at normal steaming speed (approximately 10.5 knots), progressing northwards, along the east side of Orkney/Shetland, and southwards along the west side. The survey area is bounded by 58º30'-62ºN and 02ºE to the 250 m contour. This survey differs from previous ones in the series in that it will include an additional area previously surveyed by the West Coast charter. In order to cover the additional area, transect spacing has been increased to a minimum of 15 nm for the
Ship FRV Scotia
Departure Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Departure Date 2011-07-06
Arrival Port Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Arrival Date 2011-07-26
Principal Scientist(s) Philip J Copland (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Responsible Organisation Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory
Associated Project(s) RV1109
IHB Sea Areas Visited North Sea, North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Marsden Squares Visited 181;3/181;4/216;3/217;1/252;1
Work Area Description Orkney, Shetland
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Work Area Bounding Polygon
Southern Limit unknown
Northern Limit unknown
Western Limit unknown
Eastern Limit unknown

Cruise Inventory Datasets

No information on datasets is currently available for this cruise

Cruise Inventory Mooring/Buoy Operations

No information on datasets is currently available

Summary of BODC Data Holdings for the Cruise

National Oceanographic Database

Summary

# Series Instrument Description Parameters
2 Acoustic doppler current profiler Date and time
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
1 Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge Date and time
Temperature of the water column
1 Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge Date and time
Sea level
Temperature of the water column
49 CTD/STD cast Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Density of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Reference numbers
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
1 Moored CTD Date and time
Temperature of the water column
1 Moored CTD Date and time
Moored instrument depth
Temperature of the water column

Note: Parameter terms are taken from the BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary XML (SKOS)

Full List

BODC Reference Instrument Description Date/Time Location  
1157878 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-07 20:55Z 58° 40' N, 1° 3' W Click for more
1157891 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-08 10:10Z 58° 40' N, 0° 30' E Click for more
1157909 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-08 14:59Z 58° 40' N, 1° 29' E Click for more
1157910 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-08 22:53Z 58° 55' N, 0° 4' W Click for more
1157922 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-09 13:52Z 58° 55' N, 2° 10' W Click for more
1157934 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-09 20:14Z 59° 10' N, 2° 3' W Click for more
1157946 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-09 22:24Z 59° 10' N, 1° 31' W Click for more
1157958 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-10 11:10Z 59° 10' N, 0° 24' E Click for more
1157971 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-10 18:54Z 59° 25' N, 1° 3' E Click for more
1157983 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-11 06:37Z 59° 24' N, 0° 31' W Click for more
1157995 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-11 18:20Z 59° 40' N, 0° 54' W Click for more
1158009 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-11 22:10Z 59° 40' N, 0° 18' E Click for more
1158010 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-12 08:53Z 59° 40' N, 1° 27' E Click for more
1158022 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-13 10:52Z 60° 10' N, 0° 15' W Click for more
1158034 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-13 14:30Z 60° 10' N, 0° 24' E Click for more
1158046 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-15 14:00Z 60° 11' N, 1° 6' W Click for more
1158058 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-15 23:09Z 60° 25' N, 1° 2' E Click for more
1158071 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-16 12:06Z 60° 40' N, 0° 16' W Click for more
1158083 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-16 14:57Z 60° 40' N, 0° 0' E Click for more
1158095 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-16 22:12Z 60° 40' N, 1° 27' E Click for more
1158102 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-17 08:59Z 61° 20' N, 1° 52' E Click for more
1158114 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-17 11:29Z 61° 38' N, 1° 27' E Click for more
1158126 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-17 22:15Z 61° 17' N, 0° 52' E Click for more
1158138 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-18 05:04Z 61° 39' N, 0° 41' E Click for more
1158151 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-18 17:00Z 61° 32' N, 0° 10' W Click for more
1158163 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-18 21:12Z 61° 2' N, 0° 37' W Click for more
1158175 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-19 08:05Z 61° 12' N, 1° 21' W Click for more
1158187 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-19 16:09Z 60° 40' N, 1° 58' W Click for more
1158199 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-19 19:13Z 60° 40' N, 2° 52' W Click for more
1158206 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-19 22:13Z 60° 25' N, 2° 52' W Click for more
1158218 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-20 07:09Z 60° 25' N, 1° 42' W Click for more
1158231 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-20 15:28Z 60° 10' N, 3° 43' W Click for more
1158243 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-20 17:50Z 60° 10' N, 4° 23' W Click for more
1158255 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-20 22:14Z 59° 55' N, 4° 22' W Click for more
1158267 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-21 06:12Z 59° 55' N, 3° 2' W Click for more
1158279 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-21 11:08Z 59° 55' N, 1° 55' W Click for more
1158280 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-21 17:38Z 59° 40' N, 2° 54' W Click for more
1158292 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-22 13:10Z 59° 41' N, 5° 52' W Click for more
1158311 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-22 16:59Z 59° 35' N, 6° 13' W Click for more
1158323 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-22 22:06Z 59° 25' N, 6° 0' W Click for more
1158335 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-23 07:53Z 59° 25' N, 4° 5' W Click for more
1158347 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-23 11:07Z 59° 24' N, 3° 50' W Click for more
1158359 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-23 22:24Z 59° 10' N, 5° 2' W Click for more
1158360 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-24 09:25Z 59° 10' N, 6° 34' W Click for more
1158372 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-24 20:12Z 58° 51' N, 7° 1' W Click for more
1158384 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-24 21:13Z 58° 51' N, 6° 51' W Click for more
1158396 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-25 08:26Z 58° 51' N, 5° 7' W Click for more
1158403 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-25 11:54Z 58° 51' N, 4° 3' W Click for more
1158415 CTD/STD cast 2011-07-25 13:53Z 58° 51' N, 3° 30' W Click for more
1166901 Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge 2011-07-06 09:40Z to 2011-09-17 09:10Z 56° 57' N, 2° 7' W Click for more
1167013 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2011-07-06 09:40Z to 2011-09-17 09:10Z 56° 57' N, 2° 7' W Click for more
1167025 Acoustic doppler current profiler 2011-07-06 09:40Z to 2011-08-29 23:00Z 56° 57' N, 2° 7' W Click for more
1167074 Moored CTD 2011-07-06 11:35Z to 2011-09-11 09:10Z 56° 57' N, 2° 7' W Click for more
1167086 Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge 2011-07-06 12:35Z to 2011-09-17 09:15Z 56° 57' N, 2° 7' W Click for more
1167098 Moored CTD 2011-07-06 09:35Z to 2011-09-17 09:10Z 56° 57' N, 2° 7' W Click for more

Project Database

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