Valiant
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Valiant |
| Cruise period | 1980-03-03 — 1980-03-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To survey the sprat population using echo integrator techniques in the Western North Sea between the Moray Firth and the Firth of Forth.
2. To identify echo traces using a pelagic trawl. |
| Chief scientist | J Ian Edwards (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Description: Pelagic trawl used to identify echo traces. |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. |
