RV Calanus
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Calanus (745R) |
| Cruise period | 1988-10-16 — 1988-10-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Dunstaffnage, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | To conduct gear handling and towing trials with:-
1. Demersal bobbin trawl 2. Part instrumented pelagic trawl 3. Scallop dredge array 4. Methot net 5. Gulf III sampler 6. Hydraulic water sampling pump 7. Other towed bodies, cables and shipboard instrumentation |
| Chief scientist | R Derek Galbraith (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.03 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | North-west of Lismore, Loch Linnhe, Loch Creran, Lynn of Lorne |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: A number of gear handling and towing trials took place during the cruise. |
