FRV Scotia 7/73

Cruise plan

Cruise Info.
Ship name (ship code)	FRV Scotia (749S)
Cruise identifier	7/73
Cruise period	1973-07-02 — 1973-07-20
Status	Completed
Port of departure	Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Port of return	Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Purpose	Research
Objectives	1. Faroe pre-recruit demersal fish and environmental survey. 2. The collection of live halibut for both the Marine Laboratory and the White Fish Authority's establishment at Ardtoe. 3. Pollution sampling from eight specified areas around the Faroes. 4. Hydrographic work on the Flugga Shetland-Nolso line.
Chief scientist	Norman T Nicoll (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Ocean/sea areas
General	North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Specific	Faroe Islands and Faroe-Shetland Channel
Measurements
Physical oceanography
Water bottle stations	Quantity: number of stations = 52
Chemical oceanography
Oxygen	Quantity: number of stations = 3
Phosphate	Quantity: number of stations = 42
Nitrate	Quantity: number of stations = 42
Total - N	Quantity: number of stations = 39
Silicate	Quantity: number of stations = 42
Contamination
Other contaminant measurements	Quantity: number of stations = 8 Description: chemical pollution
Biology and fisheries
Primary productivity	Quantity: number of stations = 39
Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence)	Quantity: number of stations = 39
Zooplankton	Quantity: number of stations = 39