Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
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Cruise identifier | 1/89 |
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Cruise period | 1989-01-10 — 1989-01-18 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Leith, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Peterhead, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) To carry out an echosounder and trawling survey for sprat in inshore water from the Firth of Forth to the Inner Moray Firth.
2) To retrieve a current meter from the Rosyth area.
3) To collect water samples for radio caesium monitoring.
4) To observe the seal population in the inner Moray Firth. |
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Chief scientist | J R Hutcheon (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.14 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Firth of Forth, Moray Firth and Rosyth |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Current meters | Quantity: number of recoveries = 1 Description: 1 cm recovered |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 1 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Pelagic fish | Description: sprats |
Moorings, landers, buoys | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Current meters | 56° 0' 0" N 3° 22' 41" W — rec. mooring with 1cm, laid 061288 |