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FRV Scotia 7/60

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FRV Scotia (747S)
Cruise identifier7/60
Cruise period1960-08-16 — 1960-09-01
StatusCompleted
Port of departureAberdeen, United Kingdom
Port of returnAberdeen, United Kingdom
PurposeFisheries
ObjectivesNephrops survey (Firth of Forth).
Fishing, whiting investigations and parasitological investigations.
Chief scientistZbigniew Kabata (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Cruise reportFRV Scotia 7/60 cruise report sc07_60.pdf (0.17 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Measurements 
Chemical oceanography 
PhosphateQuantity: number of samples = 2
NitrateQuantity: number of samples = 2
SilicateQuantity: number of samples = 2
Biology and fisheries 
PhytoplanktonQuantity: number of samples = 3
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of samples = 3
Pelagic fishQuantity: number of hauls = 47
Demersal fishQuantity: number of hauls = 47
Other biological/fisheries measurementQuantity: number of samples = 1000
Description: whiting gall bladders
Other biological/fisheries measurementQuantity: number of specimens = 749
Description: whiting observed for veterbral count