Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
---|
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
---|
Cruise identifier | 1/54 |
---|
Cruise period | 1954-02-21 — 1954-03-04 |
---|
Status | Completed |
---|
Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
---|
Port of return | Leith, United Kingdom |
---|
Objectives | Hydrography, plankton, trawling and echo-sounding. |
---|
Chief scientist | Jake H Fraser (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
---|
Cruise report | (0.18 MB) |
---|
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
---|
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
---|
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: A number of temperature measurements were collected throughout the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Biology and fisheries | |
---|
Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton hauls were made during the cruise. Fish eggs were caught in the nets.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Eggs and larvae | Description: A number of plankton hauls were made during the cruise. Fish eggs were caught in the nets.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise. Catches of haddock were good. |
Geology and geophysics | |
---|
Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: The echo-sounder was deployed for almost the whole cruise. |