FRV Scotia 10/59
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 10/59 |
| Cruise period | 1959-11-07 — 1959-11-26 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Grangemouth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Hydrography, plankton, trawling and echo-sounding surveys. |
| Chief scientist | Alan Saville (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: temperature variations |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: temperature variations |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 65 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 65 Description: herring larvae survey |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 32 Description: cod examined for encysted |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: 71 haddock and 25 whiting |
| Crustaceans | Description: nephrops stations |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: 71 haddock and 25 whiting |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of specimens = 32 Description: cod examined for encysted |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Description: run continuously |
