Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 5B/54 |
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Cruise period | 1954-08-05 — 1954-08-23 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Greenock, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Objectives | The chief aims of this cruise were:
1. Hydrographic and plankton survey of waters to the west of Scotland and Ireland.
2. Great line fishing with the particular object of obtaining halibut for a more detailed study of infestation with the larvae of Grillotia erinaceous.
3. An echo-sounding survey of western grounds for the location of a) concentrations of oceanic herring and b) scattering layers. |
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Chief scientist | Bennet B Rae (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.57 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Specific | West of Scotland and west of Ireland. |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: Temperature, chlorophyll, oxygen and phosphate measurements were collected throughout the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Description: Temperature, chlorophyll, oxygen and phosphate measurements were collected throughout the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Phosphate | Description: Temperature, chlorophyll, oxygen and phosphate measurements were collected throughout the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: Temperature, chlorophyll, oxygen and phosphate measurements were collected throughout the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton hauls were made throughout the cruise. Some young fish were caught in the nets.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Demersal fish | Description: A number of plankton hauls were made throughout the cruise. Some young fish were caught in the nets.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of deployments = 14 Description: A number of lines were deployed throughout the cruise. Ling, tusk, skate and dog-fish were the most common species. |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: An echo-sounder was run almost continuously throughout the cruise. |