FRV Goldseeker 1/87
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
| Cruise identifier | 1/87 |
| Cruise period | 1987-01-05 — 1987-01-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To carry out an echosounder and trawling survey for sprat in inshore waters from the Inverness Firth to Aberdeen Bay.
2) To collect live fish (whiting and cod) for aquarium studies. 3) To collect water samples for radio caesium monitoring. |
| Chief scientist | David W McKay (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Inner Moray Firth, Buckie and Peterhead |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: water sample taken off Buckie for radio-caesium |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: activity duration in days = 12 Description: locating shoals of sprats |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. |
