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FRV Clupea 0977C
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 0977C |
Cruise period | 1977-07-05 — 1977-07-22 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To investigate the effect of sea bed conditions (hard to soft ground) on the drag of bottom trawls.
2. To compare the engineering performance of the following gears: A) the standard North Sea trawl. B) a larger mesh version of the North Sea trawl (5 1/2 in mesh throughout) and C) the Aberdeen 40 ft trawl. |
Chief scientist | D N MacLennan (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.12 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Gear research |