FRV Scotia 0287S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0287S |
| Cruise period | 1987-02-04 — 1987-02-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | To take part in the ICES International Young Fish Survey in the North Sea. |
| Chief scientist | Andrew W Newton (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | IYFS |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Central and NW North Sea, Moray Firth, Fair Isle Channel, east of Shetland |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 64 Description: surface and bottom; 2 with salinity only |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 68 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 68 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 68 |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 60 |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 60 Description: monitoring, pathology |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 60 Description: monitoring, pathology |
