FRV Explorer 9/77
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 9/77 |
| Cruise period | 1977-10-14 — 1977-10-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of return | Greenock, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To carry out herring larval surveys off the west coast of Scotland and north and west coasts of Ireland
2) To recover current meters and carry out hydrographic sampling ''Explorer'' made a call at Stornoway to change personnel on the 21/10/1977 leaving on the 22/10/1977. The ship docked at Greenock for repairs to leeking condenser tubes on the 25/10/1977. The cruise terminated earlier than planned when it became clear that the repair work would not be completed before the scheduled end of the cruise |
| Chief scientist | Ian G Baxter (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.72 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Cape Wrath, Tory Island area, Donegal Bay area |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 11 Description: temperature and salinity. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 85 Description: Using the Dutch Gulf III. Samples were preserved and returned to the laboratory for analysis |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 85 Description: Using the Dutch Gulf III. Samples were preserved and returned to the laboratory for analysis |
