FRV Clupea 6/66
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/66 |
| Cruise period | 1966-05-23 — 1966-06-02 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | 1) Trawl survey. Most hauls taken with a 16 foot beam trawl fitted with a tickler chain and towed for 20 minutes
2) Plankton hauls |
| Chief scientist | C Davidson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Nairn Bay and Cruden Bay |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of specimens = 218 Description: The best haul of pandalids taken 4 miles north of Troup Head in 87-97 fathoms. P.montagui and P.bonnieri. All pandalids caught were sexed and measured and the incidence of berried females was noted. |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of specimens = 1022 Description: 125 Crangon vulgaris taken in Nairn Bay in 5 fathoms, 859 C.allmanni, 38 Pandalus montagui |
