FRV Explorer 6/80
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/80 |
| Cruise period | 1980-05-15 — 1980-06-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To obtain engineering performance data (particulary net drags) on 3 trawls of similar design but differing in mesh size and twine diameter
2) To measure the hydrodynamic coefficients of trawl warp 3) To investigate the handling of the remote controlled bathyscope on ''Explorer'' with a view to using the equiptment for measurement of fish catching efficiency The ship berthed at Point Law on the 15/05/1980 and set sail on the 16/05/1980. ''Explorer'' went to Kirkwell on the 23/05/1980 for a half-landing till the 25/05/1980 |
| Chief scientist | D N MacLennan (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.16 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | N.E. Scotland/ Shetland, Aberdeen Bay, Smith Bank, Copinsay, Moray Firth |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Description: Haddock, whiting, plaice, and dab |
