FRV Scotia 0893S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0893S |
| Cruise period | 1993-06-16 — 1993-07-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To obtain estimates of distribution and abundance of Nephrops on the Fladen Ground and in the Firth of Forth using underwater television and trawling.
2. To use the trawl caught samples to examine biological features of Nephrops at different sites throughout the survey area. |
| Chief scientist | Nick Bailey (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Fladen grounds and Firth of Forth |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 26 Description: prawn trawl hauls |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of deployments = 151 Description: towed camera sledge, density of nephrops burrows |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 151 Description: day grabs |
