Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
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Cruise identifier | 6/87(1) |
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Cruise period | 1987-05-13 — 1987-05-23 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Troon, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Troon, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) To carry out a series of larval surveys over Ballentrae Bank and adjacent areas to obtain estimates of herring larval production.
2) To carry out a series of hydrographic surveys to establish a temperature/salinity profile of the area.
3) To identify any fish traces observed around the bank by trawling. |
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Chief scientist | Paul W Rankine (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.08 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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Specific | Loch Ryan |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 6 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Eggs and larvae | |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Grab | |