Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
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| Cruise identifier | 7/77 |
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| Cruise period | 1977-07-05 — 1977-07-28 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Blyth, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Granton, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | 1. To study the abundance and distribution of Nephrops larvae over the Nephrops grounds in the Firth of Forth.
2. To investigate the selectivity of a shrimp trawl particularly of the parts of the trawl other than the cod-end. |
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| Chief scientist | F Godfrey Howard (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.65 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
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| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 41 Description: population structures |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 9 Description: Nephrops distribution |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 9 |