FRV Clupea 0479C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0479C |
| Cruise period | 1979-04-16 — 1979-04-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To compare the selectivity of two Danish shrimp trawls, one with a 25mm mesh cod end, the other with a 35mm mesh cod end.
2. To study the distribution and abundance of Pandalus borealis andNephrops at Fladen. 3. To study the distribution and abundance of Pandalus larvae at Fladen and the Farn Deeps. 4. To study the density and behaviour of Pandalus in the Farn Deeps. |
| Chief scientist | F Godfrey Howard (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.81 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Fladen, Farn Deeps. |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Description: T surface only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 17 |
| Pelagic fish | Description: population structures |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 10 |
| Gear research |
