Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 7/61 |
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Cruise period | 1961-09-06 — 1961-09-26 |
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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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Purpose | Fisheries |
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Objectives | Hydrography, plankton, fishing, Nephrops and echosounding surveys. |
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Chief scientist | Robert Johnston (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.18 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of experiments = 1 Description: culture testing the effects of various plankton extracts on phytoplankton growth |
Zooplankton | Description: Gulf III and Plankton Indicator hauls at every station, other samples taken with 1m silk netsand standard nets |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 34 Description: herring, haddock, whiting and other fish |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 34 Description: cod, small gadoids, lemon sole, plaice, megrim, witch, turbot and other fish |
Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 34 Description: nephrops |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Single-beam echosounding | Description: continuous record |