Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 8/53 |
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Cruise period | 1953-09-15 — 1953-09-29 |
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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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Objectives | Hydrography, plankton, trawling & echo-sounding. |
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Chief scientist | Richard B Burns (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.28 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 | Quantity: number of stations = 60 Description: A number of temperature and salinity measurements were collected throughout the cruise. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 185 Description: A number of plankton hauls were made during the cruise. |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 15 Description: A number of trawls made during the cruise. The main catches were haddock and whiting. |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 15 Description: A number of trawls made during the cruise. The main catches were haddock and whiting. |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: number of surveys = 1 Description: An echosounder survey took place during the cruise, the stylus failed to mark correctly. |