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FRV Scotia 10/82
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
Cruise identifier | 10/82 |
Cruise period | 1982-09-29 — 1982-10-19 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Fisheries |
Objectives | 1. To take part in the ICES Herring Larval Survey in ICES Division VIa.
2. To collect surface water samples for radio-caesium monitoring at Cape Wrath (58 40'N 05 00'W), Pentland Firth (58 40'N 02 59'W) and at Aberdeen (57 10'N 01 55'W). |
Chief scientist | J A Gauld (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Project | Herring Larval Survey by ICES |
Coordinating body | ICES |
Cruise report | (0.23 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
Specific | North and west of Scotland and Ireland |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Quantity: number of stations = 58 Description: depth monitoring system used to measure distance from sampler to surface and sampler to seabed. |
Biology and fisheries | |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 308 Description: herring larval hauls. |