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FRV Scotia 1715S

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FRV Scotia (748S)
Cruise identifier1715S
Cruise period2015-11-18 — 2015-12-08
StatusCompleted
Port of departureAberdeen, United Kingdom
Port of returnAberdeen, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesObjectives

1. To participate in the ICES co-ordinated western division demersal trawling survey.
2. To obtain temperature and salinity data profiles at each trawling position.
3. To collect additional biological data in connection with the EU data collection framework (DCF)

Procedures

The majority of the trawl gear for 1715S will be loaded at the start of the preceding survey, but some offloading/loading will occur during the landing day of 1615S. Loading of all other scientific equipment will take place on 16 November with all equipment being set up and tested on that day. Scotia will sail on 18 November and (after all safety drills and shakedown trawl shoot) commence fishing operations the following morning on the stations to the west of Orkney. Weather conditions at the time will determine the exact start area. Survey schedule and operations will be decided by SIC after daily consultation with Fishing Master and Captain. A half landing with be made around 1 December into Greenock to exchange staff, but the date and port are to be confirmed once the vessel has commenced the survey. The survey will end in Aberdeen on 8 December with all staff, equipment and fishing gear returning to the Marine Laboratory.

Trawling. One trawl haul of thirty minutes duration will be made at each position. Final trawl locations will be decided after SIC consultations with Fishing Master and Captain. For each haul, the Scanmar monitoring system and NOAA bottom contact sensor will be used to observe and record the performance and geometry of the trawl and trawl doors.

Fish Sampling. All fish will be treated according to current standard research vessel procedures and additional biological data will be collected as determined by EU data regulation 1639/2001 and 1581/2004.

Hydrography Sampling. CTD casts will be taken at each trawl station. The thermosalinograph will be run continuously to obtain sea surface temperature and salinity throughout the survey area.
Chief scientistMatt Kinghorn (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), Robert J Kynoch (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Cruise programmeFRV Scotia 1715S cruise programme 1715s.pdf  (0.14 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificWest of Scotland and Ireland
Track chartsFRV Scotia 1715S cruise track — 1715strk.pdf (0.12 MB) 
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
40  CTD/STD cast
Reference numbers
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity 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
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity 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.
18840122015-11-28 09:18 55° 21' 24" N  6° 45' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884012
18840362015-11-28 14:20 55° 29' 42" N  6° 0' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884036
18840732015-11-29 13:36 55° 39' 18" N  4° 56' 13" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884073
18840852015-12-02 07:14 55° 30' 38" N  7° 23' 15" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884085
18841162015-12-02 15:44 55° 58' 25" N  6° 56' 28" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884116
18838202015-11-22 14:19 58° 1' 59" N  9° 16' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883820
18838322015-11-22 16:58 57° 44' 52" N  9° 28' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883832
18839002015-11-24 14:37 56° 55' 59" N  5° 58' 43" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883900
18840612015-11-29 10:40 55° 17' 59" N  4° 59' 26" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884061
18841282015-12-03 07:00 55° 44' 30" N  8° 44' 44" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884128
18841412015-12-03 10:12 55° 47' 15" N  9° 0' 7" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884141
18841652015-12-03 16:13 56° 25' 9" N  8° 35' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884165
18839972015-11-27 07:00 54° 26' 10" N  8° 52' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883997
18840972015-12-02 11:31 55° 47' 7" N  7° 20' 36" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884097
18841772015-12-04 07:09 57° 14' 57" N  6° 43' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884177
18842332015-12-07 07:06 59° 18' 1" N  5° 34' 29" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884233
18842452015-12-07 10:37 59° 14' 53" N  5° 9' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884245
18838812015-11-24 07:00 57° 6' 36" N  7° 5' 31" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883881
18838932015-11-24 10:20 57° 7' 3" N  6° 47' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883893
18841532015-12-03 13:53 56° 9' 37" N  8° 39' 57" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884153
18839242015-11-25 16:15 56° 8' 35" N  8° 11' 28" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883924
18839612015-11-26 11:49 54° 35' 35" N  9° 55' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883961
18839482015-11-26 09:54 54° 44' 14" N  9° 50' 38" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883948
18840482015-11-29 07:04 55° 25' 2" N  5° 9' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884048
18842212015-12-06 16:17 59° 10' 13" N  4° 55' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884221
18838192015-11-22 12:07 58° 15' 55" N  9° 11' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883819
18838442015-11-23 06:59 57° 9' 19" N  9° 16' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883844
18838682015-11-23 16:13 56° 57' 58" N  8° 16' 55" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883868
18839362015-11-26 07:02 54° 55' 13" N  9° 52' 34" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883936
18840002015-11-27 14:53 54° 49' 24" N  8° 59' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884000
18840242015-11-28 11:32 55° 23' 20" N  6° 26' 32" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884024
18841042015-12-02 13:47 55° 59' 32" N  7° 14' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884104
18841902015-12-05 10:41 58° 33' 31" N  5° 18' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884190
18838072015-11-22 07:01 58° 11' 42" N  8° 24' 13" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883807
18838562015-11-23 11:38 56° 54' 9" N  8° 35' 57" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883856
18839122015-11-25 07:03 56° 23' 49" N  6° 46' 45" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883912
18839732015-11-26 14:16 54° 24' 58" N  10° 7' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883973
18839852015-11-26 17:02 54° 25' 23" N  9° 31' 43" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1883985
18841892015-12-04 11:55 57° 46' 39" N  6° 38' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884189
18842082015-12-05 15:16 58° 40' 13" N  4° 17' 52" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1884208
Discrete samples 
40  CTD frame plus rosette sampler