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FRV Scotia 0510S

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FRV Scotia (748S)
Cruise identifier0510S
Cruise period2010-04-20 — 2010-05-11
StatusCompleted
Port of departureAberdeen, United Kingdom
Port of returnAberdeen, United Kingdom
PurposeFisheries
ObjectivesObjectives

1. To carry out mackerel egg survey (ICES Triennial Survey), on the western shelf and shelf edge in the area from 51N to 60N.

2. To collect fish samples, by trawling, for atresia and fecundity analysis back at the laboratory.


Procedures

The vessel will proceed to the first plankton station line at 590 45'N 5o15W. Plankton stations will be taken along the line 590 45'N at 30' intervals. Subsequent transects will be at 1oN intervals with stations at 30' E/W intervals. Plankton stations will be taken using the Gulf VII sampler with mounted CTD, which will record salinity and temperature during the tow. The plankton tows will require the vessel to deploy the sampler at 1-2 knots, and then steam at 5 knots. The sampler will then be lowered at a steady rate (10m/min) from the plankton crane to within 5m of the seabed or 200m - whichever is shallower. The sampler will then be recovered at the same speed. Once aboard, plankton samples will be washed from the sampler net, fixed in formalin and scored for egg abundance. Trawl samples will be taken at the discretion of the scientist in charge. There should be a maximum of 15 trawls for the whole survey, and will usually be taken at the shelf edge. The precise length of each transect cannot be defined in advance as this survey uses an adaptive design, where sampling along a line will continue until there are no or very small numbers of eggs.

The half landing is expected to be in Ireland around 2 May and probably in Galway, depending on the progress of the survey. Following the half landing, the survey will proceed back over the area covered in the first half with transects interlaced between those carried out during the first half.

Normal contact will be retained with the laboratory throughout, and with other vessels taking part in the survey.
Chief scientistFinlay Burns (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
ProjectRV1004
Cruise programmeFRV Scotia 0510S cruise programme 0510s.pdf  (0.02 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificNorth East Atlantic
Track chartsFRV Scotia 0510S cruise track — 0510strk.pdf (0.11 MB)