FRV Scotia 9/51
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 9/51 |
| Cruise period | 1951-11-13 — 1951-11-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | Trials with the pelagic trawl.
Hydro-biological survey of Fladen Ground. |
| Chief scientist | Basil B Parrish (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), Robert W Ellis (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.44 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Aberdeen-Firth of Forth |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: A number of temperature, oxygen and phosphate measurements were taken. No. of measurements not noted. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Description: A number of temperature, oxygen and phosphate measurements were taken. No. of measurements not noted. |
| Phosphate | Description: A number of temperature, oxygen and phosphate measurements were taken. No. of measurements not noted. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton hauls were made throughout the cruise. No. of hauls not noted. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 15 Description: A number of hauls were made using the pelagic trawl. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 11 Description: A number of hauls were made throughout the cruise. No. of hauls not noted. |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 15 Description: A number of hauls were made using the pelagic trawl. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Description: The echo-sounder ran continuously throughout the cruise. |
