Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 6/51 |
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Cruise period | 1951-09-15 — 1951-09-28 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | The object of this cruise was to carry out a detailed biological and hydrographical survey of the Faroe plateau and to carry out extensive haddock marking experiments there. |
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Chief scientist | Rodney Jones (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.14 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Specific | Dog Hole, Buchan Deeps & Kinnaird Head.
Butt of Lewis-Faroe Bank. |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: Temperature, salinity and phosphate measurements were collected throughout the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Phosphate | Description: Temperature, salinity and phosphate measurements were collected throughout the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton hauls took place during the cruise.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Demersal fish | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 74 Description: A number of hauls were made thoughout he cruise. Haddock catches were the main aim of the hauls. |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Multi-beam echosounding | Description: The echo-sounder was run for the duration of the cruise.
No. of deployements not noted. |