FRV Goldseeker 6/86
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/86 |
| Cruise period | 1986-04-15 — 1986-04-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Troon, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To carry out a series of larval surveys at Ballantrae Bank and in adjacent areas of the Clyde to obtain estimates of larval production.
2) To carry out a limited amount of hydrographic work with reversing bottles at Ballantrae Bank to establish the temperature/salinty profile over the period of the survey 3) To carry out trawl hauls at Ballantrae to identify observed fish traces 4) To obtain herring larvae for the institute of Marine Biochemistry 5) To carry out a grab survey over Ballantrae to check for the presence or absence of herring spawn. |
| Chief scientist | John A Morrison (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Ballantrae Bank and adjacent areas of the Clyde |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab |
