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FRV Scotia 0289S
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
Cruise identifier | 0289S |
Cruise period | 1989-02-02 — 1989-02-22 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | To take part in the International Young Fish Survey in the North Sea
The ship docked in Stavanger on the 13/02/1989 and left port on the 14/02/1989. A ship's officer was landed in Peterhead. Bad weather caused ''Scotia'' to shelter in North Sound, Orkney. |
Chief scientist | Andrew W Newton (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Project | IYFS |
Coordinating body | ICES |
Cruise report | (0.10 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Specific | North Sea, Aberdeenshire Coast, Moray Firth, Orkney and Fladen areas. |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 56 Description: Knudsen stations top and bottom |
Chemical oceanography | |
Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
Biology and fisheries | |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 27 Description: Isaac Kidds tows |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 56 Description: 1 hour duration made using the GOV trawl. Cod, haddock, whiting, and Norway Pout were caught |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of hauls = 56 Description: 1 hour duration for pathology and parasitology |