FRV Clupea 0378C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0378C |
| Cruise period | 1978-04-24 — 1978-05-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To undertake a survey of the Pandalus borealis stocks on the Fladen ground.
2. To assess, using underwater television and still cameras the density and behaviour of Pandalus. 3. To undertake a Pandalid larval survey. 4. To undertake some exploratory dredge hauls for scallops on Bennachie Bank. 5. To undertake trials of the Deck Recording Depth Flowmeter. |
| Chief scientist | F Godfrey Howard (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.50 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Fladen ground, Bennachie Bank. |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 8 Description: T surface only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 14 |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 14 Description: population studies,physiology |
| Exploratory fishing | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 |
