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FRV Clupea 1403C
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 1403C |
Cruise period | 2003-08-28 — 2003-09-11 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To collect samples of 0-group cod, haddock and whiting for otolith studies and genetic analysis from the Moray Firth, Shetland, North and South Minches.
2. To tag cod for investigations of their movements. Tagging will involve both conventional and data storage tags. |
Chief scientist | Iain M Gibb (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.11 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
Specific | Moray Firth, Shetland, North and South Minches, Orkney, Buchan |
Track charts | (0.03 MB) |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of deployments = 37 Description: Minilogger deployment on trawl; temperature & depth only, set at 30 second intervals |
Biology and fisheries | |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 500 Description: Whiting (Total length, total & gutted weights, otoliths and skin tissue) from 37 hauls with BT 158 trawl |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 530 Description: Cod (Total length, total & gutted weights, otoliths and gill tissue) from 37 hauls with BT 158 trawl |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 410 Description: Haddock (total length, total & gutted weights, otoliths and skin tissue) from 37 hauls with BT 158 trawl |