Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 11/55 |
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Cruise period | 1955-11-29 — 1955-12-21 |
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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 | Herring larvae survey in the north-western area of the North Sea; a limited hydrographic and chemistry programme with a series of trawls principally for haddock investigations. |
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Chief scientist | C Davidson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: A number of temperature measurements were collected throughout the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton hauls were made throughout the cruise. Catches were good.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Demersal fish | Description: A number of trawls took place during the cruise and good catches of haddock and whiting were made.
No. of trawls not noted. |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Multi-beam echosounding | Description: The echo-sounder was run continuously throughout the cruise. Very few traces were recorded. |