FRV Clupea 2/64
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/64 |
| Cruise period | 1964-02-15 — 1964-03-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Cairnryan, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) Hydrographic survey of the Ballantrae grid.
2) Live fish capture. 3) Underwater observations using sea bed cameras were used on all available occasions in the vicinity of the 2 trammel nets. 4) Larval survey using 1 m nets |
| Chief scientist | C C Hemmings (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Ballantrae Bank, Ayr |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of samples = 350 Description: Blood samples from moribund fish taken |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of samples = 500 Description: Herring and some round fish were landed |
