FRV Clupea 0675C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0675C |
| Cruise period | 1975-06-03 — 1975-06-26 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out exploratory fishing for sprats in the areas north and west of Orkney.
2. To caryy out an echointegrator survey of the area. 3. To carry out a limited plankton survey for sprat eggs and larvae. 4. To collect biological material for the investigation of maturation, fecundity and the incubation period of sprats. 5. To carry out trials using the digital scanning sonar. |
| Chief scientist | Roger S Bailey (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.27 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Orkney area |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 12 Description: biomass determination, population structures |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | |
| Exploratory fishing |
