Aquila AQ0586
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Aquila (74GC) |
| Cruise identifier | AQ0586 |
| Cruise period | 1986-05-19 — 1986-06-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To tag sandeel (A. marinus) on inshore fishing grounds at Shetland.
2. To determine the distribution of sandeels. 3. To collect biological and environmental data on sandeels and sandeel fishing grounds. |
| Chief scientist | J A Gauld (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 16 |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: water temperature and salinity measurements made at 3 depths on each ground worked. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Description: samples of plankton collected to determine availability of food for sandeels. |
| Demersal fish | Description: trawls to determine predation of sandeels. |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 5488 Description: sandeels tagged to obtain estimates of fishing mortality. |
| Exploratory fishing | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Description: sandeel dredge to determine distribution. |
