Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 9/50 |
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Cruise period | 1950-08-31 — 1950-09-25 |
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Status | Completed |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | Trawling, hydrography and plankton surveys from Faroe to Iceland. |
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Chief scientist | Jake H Fraser (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Specific | Faroe-Iceland |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: A number of temperature, phosphate and oxygen measurements were collected.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Description: A number of temperature, phosphate and oxygen measurements were collected.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Phosphate | Description: A number of temperature, phosphate and oxygen measurements were collected.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton samples were collected throughout the cruise.
No. of samples not noted. |
Pelagic fish | Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise. Numbers of large plaice, lemon sole and young halibut were collected.
No. of trawls not noted. |
Demersal fish | Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise. Numbers of large plaice, lemon sole and young halibut were collected.
No. of trawls not noted. |
Gear research | Quantity: number of deployments = 6 Description: A number of drift nets were shot, but no fish were caught. |