FRV Explorer 1/81
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 1/81 |
| Cruise period | 1981-01-14 — 1981-02-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an echointegration survey for sprats in the Western North Sea between the Firth of Forth and Flamborough Head.
2. To identify echo traces using a pelagic trawl. |
| Chief scientist | J Ian Edwards (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.18 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Firth of Forth/ Flamboro' Head, Largo Bay, Moray Firth, Nairn, Inverness, Montrose |
| Track charts | (0.05 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 14 Description: midwater trawls (PT112). |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. |
