FRV Explorer 8A/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 8A/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-09-07 — 1976-09-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Greenock, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To carry out herring larval surveys off the west coast of Scotland and north coast of Ireland
The netzonde depth monitoring system failed after 12 stations and the work was continued using warp length/depth tables as a guide to sampling depth. ''Explorer'' put into Stornoway on the 16/09/1976 departing on the 18/09/1976. |
| Chief scientist | David W McKay (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | N coast of Scotland, N coast of Ireland, Barra Head area, W of the outer Herbrides. |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 382 Description: made with the Dutch Gulf III high-speed sampler (data from both parts of cruise) |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Description: (data from both parts of cruise) |
