Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name | Cornucopia |
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| Cruise identifier | 0596H |
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| Cruise period | 1996-05-08 — 1996-05-17 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Lerwick, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Fisheries |
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| Objectives | 1. To carry out a survey of scallop stocks in Shetland waters.
2. To examine growth rates of scallops using ring measurement.
3. To sample by-catch species and make morphometric measurements on whelks. |
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| Chief scientist | Sharon Davis (Scottish Office Agriculture Environment and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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| Specific | Shetland |
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| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Molluscs | Quantity: number of hauls = 102 Description: scallop dredge hauls. |