FRV Scotia 1705S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (748S) | ||||
| Cruise identifier | 1705S | ||||
| Cruise period | 2005-11-16 — 2005-12-07 | ||||
| Status | Completed | ||||
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom | ||||
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom | ||||
| Purpose | Research | ||||
| Objectives | To participate in the ICES co-ordinated Western Division Bottom Trawl Survey.
To obtain temperature and salinity profiles at each trawling station. To collect additional biological data in accordance with the EU Data Directive 1639/2001. To identify and record all invertebrate species caught. To sample herring for presence of viral haemorrhagic septecaemia virus (VHSV). To sample cod and monkfish to determine the levels of specific parasitic fauna. | ||||
| Chief scientist | Alexander P Robb (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) | ||||
| Project | RV0411 | ||||
| Cruise report |  (0.13 MB) | ||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||
| Specific | Irish Sea; north and west of Scotland and Ireland. | ||||
| Track charts | (0.06 MB) | ||||
| Measurements | |||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: Thermosalinograph run continuously throughout cruise. | ||||
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 86 Description: CTD deployed at trawl stations. | ||||
| Biology and fisheries | |||||
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 87 Description: Bottom trawls using GOV trawl. | ||||
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 1500 Description: Herring and sprat tested for viruses; cod and monkfish tested for parasitic fauna. | ||||
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 1500 Description: Herring and sprat tested for viruses; cod and monkfish tested for parasitic fauna. | ||||
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 87 Description: Bottom trawls using GOV trawl. | ||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||
| 86 CTD/STD cast | Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Electrical conductivity of the water column Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Electrical conductivity of the water column
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