Hercules
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Hercules |
| Cruise period | 1989-05-01 — 1989-05-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Kyle of Lochalsh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Scrabster, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To survey underexploited bivalve species in the northwest Scotland area. |
| Chief scientist | David W McKay (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Northwest Scotland Area; Kyle of Lochalsh, Gruinard Bay, Ullapool, Kinlochbevrie, Loch Eriboll, Kyle of Durness, Scrabster |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of hauls = 34 Description: Concentrations of the bivalve species were only found in certain areas on the cruise. |
