Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 8/57 |
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Cruise period | 1957-09-03 — 1957-09-23 |
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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 and trawling surveys. |
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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 | (0.17 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Specific | Butt of Lewis-Faroe,
Nolso-Flugga |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: A number of temperature, salinity, oxygen and phosphate measurements were collected throughout the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Oxygen | Description: A number of temperature, salinity, oxygen and phosphate measurements were collected throughout the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
Phosphate | Description: A number of temperature, salinity, oxygen and phosphate 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 took place during the cruise.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Seston | Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise. Catches were good, despite reports of poor fishing.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Pelagic fish | Description: A number of sharking lines were deployed during the cruise. Catches were poor, with only 1 porbeagle being caught.
No. of lines deployed not noted |
Pelagic fish | Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise. Catches were good, despite reports of poor fishing.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Demersal fish | Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise. Catches were good, despite reports of poor fishing.
No. of hauls not noted. |