Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name | Salar |
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Cruise period | 1986-11-17 — 1986-11-21 |
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Status | Completed |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Joint cruise with Sea Rider.
1. To capture surviving fish from holding cages in Gairloch for examination of the regenerated scales in an attempt to assess the proportion of total damage and describe their recovery following escape from the meshes of the net.
2. To remove all the holding cages from the seabed and return them to Aberdeen for servicing. |
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Chief scientist | John Main (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.05 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Quantity: number of measurements = 4 Description: 4 cages were examined during the cruise. Only one cage was found with fish in it, which then proved difficult to remove. |