FRV Explorer 6/77
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/77 |
| Cruise period | 1977-07-15 — 1977-08-02 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To carry out the Faroe pre-recruit demersal fish and environmental surveys
2) Samples of halibut, plaice, ling, and blue ling and samples of blue whiting over the whole size range were taken and deep frozen for pollution testing 3) Blood samples were taken from plaice, lemon sole, common dab and halibut for endocrinological studies at the Laboratory A call was made at Lerwick on the 22/07/1977 till the 26/07/1977. |
| Chief scientist | Sidney D E Devlin (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.59 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Faroe Bank |
| Track charts | (0.50 MB)  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 38 Description: A 48' Aberdeen trawl with a 75M/M cod-end and small mesh cover was used. Haddock, cod, whiting and saithe |
