FRV Clupea 0387C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0387C |
| Cruise period | 1987-03-09 — 1987-03-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Part 1 -
1. To collect herring gonad material for Loch Ewe and specimen herring for the Royal Museum of Scotland. Part 2 - 2. To obtain maristic information on the spawning herring stock in the Clyde. 3. To survey herring spawn patches on Ballantrae Bank by means of grabs, underwater television and diving. 4. To collect bulk samples of Euphausiids. |
| Chief scientist | D D Seaton (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), John Gamble (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Clyde/Ballantrae Bank |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 12 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: diver observations |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | |
| Bottom photography | Description: tv sledge |
