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FRV Scotia 0312S

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FRV Scotia (748S)
Cruise identifier0312S
Cruise period2012-02-19 — 2012-03-11
StatusCompleted
Port of departureAberdeen, United Kingdom
Port of returnAberdeen, United Kingdom
PurposeFisheries
ObjectivesObjectives

1. Demersal trawling survey of the grounds off the north and west of Scotland in ICES Subarea VIa.
2. To obtain temperature and salinity data from the surface and seabed at each trawling station.
3. Collect additional biological data in connection with the EU Data Collection Framework (DCF).
4. Opportunistic sampling using the Gulf 7 to determine densities of mackerel eggs within the area covered by the trawl survey.

Narrative

Scotia sailed from Aberdeen at 0800 on 19 February. A familiarisation haul was completed successfully on a clear tow at the Buchan Deeps east of Peterhead with the fishing gear, Scanmar and bottom contact sensors performing well. On completion of the shakedown trawl, Scotia then made passage north towards the first station west of Orkney. By 0700 on 20 February, a full gale was blowing and Scotia was forced to dodge until mid afternoon when a lull in the weather allowed the first station to be completed successfully. Scotia then sailed west overnight towards the shelf edge arriving on station for first thing on the morning of 21 February. Four stations were completed successfully in the area north of the Windsock before another gale curtailed fishing operations once more. More settled conditions arrived on 22 February and Scotia was able to complete five hauls around the Windsock and Otter bank area, with the fifth station carried out during the hours of darkness.

The following morning Scotia completed her first station which was just North of Strathy Point before heading into the Minch with a severe westerly gale expected imminently. By midday the wind was gusting 65 knots, however, Scotia was able to complete a further three trawls in the Minch before heading south overnight towards the next trawl station NW of Skye. The presence of static gear buoys around us meant that only a 20 minute trawl was possible although thankfully upon recovery of the trawl there was no evidence of creels or leader lines. Scotia then continued on and into the South Minch where another four stations were completed, the last of which was a replacement haul as the original position (SW of Tiree) was unfishable.

An overnight steam SW brought Scotia to the stations NW off Donegal and over the next two days, with weather conditions easing considerably Scotia successfully completed the nine fishing stations in this SW corner of the survey area and deployed the Gulf 7 sampler on five stations at locations straddling the 200 m contour. On Monday 27 February, Scotia headed southeast completing four stations north of the Donegal coast (hauls 98-101).

Scotia made passage for Belfast and the mid-cruise break. Scotia left Belfast at 0800 on 29 February and headed across the Irish Sea to complete the stations in the Clyde, successfully completing two stations within daylight hours.

During 1 March, Scotia completed the last station in the Clyde just east of the Mull of Kintyre before proceeding west, completing another three stations just to the south of Islay and Jura.

The second core station at Red Bay being abandoned due to there being no suitable ground for trawling and so the nearest replacement location was sourced 15nm south of Jura. Over the next three days and nights, Scotia, with fresh westerly winds, worked at Stanton Banks and then NW tackling the deeper stations to the West of St Kilda completing 13 fishing stations. The vessel also deployed the Gulf sampler at night on seven occasions during this period on set stations straddling the 200 m contour. Another five stations were completed on 5 March. The last of these taking place during darkness because of impending bad weather that was expected for the following day. Three Gulf deployments were also completed in this area NW of the Butt of Lewis before Scotia headed east for shelter in the Minch.

Amid strengthening SW winds on 6 March Scot
Chief scientistFinlay Burns (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
ProjectRV1202
Cruise programmeFRV Scotia 0312S cruise programme 0312s.pdf  (0.41 MB) 
Cruise reportFRV Scotia 0312S cruise report 0312s.pdf (0.27 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificICES Subarea Via
Track chartsFRV Scotia 0312S cruise track — 0312strk.pdf (0.10 MB) 
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
63  CTD/STD cast
Reference numbers
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Density of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Reference numbers
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Density of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
11794072012-02-22 09:38 59° 17' 57" N  4° 53' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179407
11794812012-02-23 20:58 58° 14' 45" N  5° 57' 14" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179481
11794932012-02-24 08:14 57° 40' 59" N  6° 44' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179493
11795242012-02-24 16:35 56° 52' 36" N  7° 12' 55" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179524
11798132012-03-03 11:44 56° 24' 10" N  7° 39' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179813
11798252012-03-03 19:41 56° 57' 21" N  8° 13' 10" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179825
11795362012-02-24 21:02 56° 40' 14" N  6° 44' 56" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179536
11796902012-02-29 11:45 55° 4' 16" N  5° 13' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179690
11797452012-03-01 15:28 55° 23' 8" N  6° 25' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179745
11794202012-02-22 15:28 59° 39' 53" N  4° 9' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179420
11795002012-02-24 10:49 57° 28' 39" N  6° 54' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179500
11795852012-02-25 19:33 55° 10' 27" N  9° 4' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179585
11796162012-02-26 12:02 54° 39' 4" N  9° 58' 21" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179616
11797332012-03-01 11:51 55° 35' 2" N  5° 55' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179733
11797822012-03-02 11:22 55° 59' 1" N  7° 17' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179782
11798502012-03-04 13:17 57° 29' 24" N  8° 49' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179850
11799172012-03-05 16:08 58° 17' 21" N  7° 9' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179917
11799302012-03-06 07:09 58° 51' 56" N  5° 51' 32" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179930
11794442012-02-23 08:14 58° 43' 23" N  4° 23' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179444
11795122012-02-24 13:37 57° 9' 25" N  6° 59' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179512
11795482012-02-25 07:52 55° 25' 9" N  8° 29' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179548
11796532012-02-27 07:50 56° 11' 6" N  8° 48' 26" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179653
11797082012-02-29 14:45 55° 25' 0" N  4° 54' 9" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179708
11798012012-03-03 09:40 56° 7' 4" N  8° 0' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179801
11799292012-03-05 19:50 58° 41' 53" N  7° 17' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179929
11800152012-03-09 16:08 58° 51' 4" N  4° 40' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1180015
11794322012-02-22 18:47 59° 15' 19" N  4° 10' 52" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179432
11798862012-03-05 06:57 58° 23' 44" N  8° 32' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179886
11793762012-02-21 18:25 59° 24' 55" N  5° 18' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179376
11795612012-02-25 13:13 55° 52' 7" N  9° 13' 4" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179561
11797942012-03-02 14:49 55° 53' 57" N  7° 51' 43" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179794
11798372012-03-04 06:29 57° 1' 0" N  8° 44' 57" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179837
11799052012-03-05 13:58 58° 5' 40" N  7° 24' 28" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179905
11800032012-03-09 11:42 58° 40' 41" N  5° 40' 36" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1180003
11793522012-02-21 10:51 59° 42' 6" N  5° 53' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179352
11795972012-02-26 07:56 54° 46' 33" N  10° 14' 8" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179597
11796772012-02-27 12:53 55° 49' 58" N  8° 21' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179677
11796892012-02-27 16:07 55° 50' 5" N  7° 41' 52" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179689
11797572012-03-01 19:15 55° 32' 50" N  6° 49' 34" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179757
11797692012-03-02 06:28 55° 31' 47" N  7° 23' 52" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179769
11798742012-03-04 20:33 57° 55' 52" N  9° 25' 28" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179874
11793392012-02-20 16:34 59° 54' 22" N  4° 5' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179339
11794562012-02-23 15:36 58° 29' 41" N  5° 52' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179456
11796042012-02-26 09:49 54° 52' 4" N  9° 58' 29" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179604
11796412012-02-26 18:30 54° 35' 26" N  8° 55' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179641
11797702012-03-02 09:30 55° 52' 45" N  7° 11' 44" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179770
11798492012-03-04 09:39 57° 7' 32" N  9° 15' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179849
11798622012-03-04 16:37 57° 41' 6" N  9° 20' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179862
11798982012-03-05 10:24 58° 3' 16" N  8° 19' 29" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179898
11799662012-03-07 14:05 57° 36' 2" N  6° 2' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179966
11797212012-03-01 06:29 55° 17' 25" N  5° 26' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179721
11799782012-03-08 06:28 56° 45' 2" N  6° 26' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179978
11799912012-03-09 08:54 58° 56' 15" N  6° 3' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179991
11794192012-02-22 11:37 59° 24' 22" N  4° 54' 40" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179419
11795732012-02-25 17:42 55° 26' 17" N  9° 15' 43" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179573
11796282012-02-26 14:32 54° 33' 19" N  9° 39' 14" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179628
11794682012-02-23 18:24 58° 24' 22" N  5° 22' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179468
11796652012-02-27 10:22 55° 59' 51" N  8° 30' 26" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179665
11799542012-03-07 09:20 58° 12' 12" N  6° 0' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179954
11799422012-03-06 11:10 58° 45' 34" N  5° 18' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179942
11793402012-02-21 08:44 59° 26' 50" N  6° 22' 7" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179340
11793642012-02-21 14:23 59° 40' 14" N  5° 23' 44" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179364
11793882012-02-22 07:18 59° 18' 4" N  5° 8' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1179388