FRV Explorer 2/81
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/81 |
| Cruise period | 1981-02-11 — 1981-03-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To take part in the ICES Young Fish Survey in the North Sea
2) Scientific samples were taken for the Danish Fisheries Institute 3) Catches of cod, haddock and whiting were examined, some preserved for detailed analysis in various Europoean laboratories Faults in the vessel's 2 radars forced it to anchor from the 11/02/1981 till 14/02/1981 |
| Chief scientist | Andrew W Newton (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | IYFS |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.20 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Norwegian Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | N.W. North Sea, Granton, Dogger Bank, Esbjerg, Danish coast, Southern North Sea, S.E of the Orknay Islands, Moray Firth, Dunnet Bay |
| Track charts | (0.05 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 31 Description: top & bottom |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 49 Description: 2 night hauls using the Isaac-Kidd midwater trawl were made for pre-metamorphosis herring larvae in each of the statistical squares sampled |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 33 Description: monitoring,pathology |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 33 Description: GOV trawl to determine principle species occuring in each square sampled |
