Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 2/53 |
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Cruise period | 1953-03-03 — 1953-03-20 |
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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 | 1. Productivity survey of four important North Sea areas.
2. Faroe Survey.
3. Sulisker-Fair Isle Survey. |
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Chief scientist | Robert Johnston (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.20 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: A number of temperature measurements were collected during the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 9 Description: A number of plankton hauls were made thoughout the cruise, with catches being extremely poor. |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise, one catch empty, the other catch very poor. |