FRV Clupea 7/66
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 7/66 |
| Cruise period | 1966-06-06 — 1966-06-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | Collection of lobster data, crab fishing and scallop dredging. A sample of mussles from Stromness Pier was examined for the parasite Mytilicola intestinalis. |
| Chief scientist | C Davidson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Orkney |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of hauls = 48 Description: Taken by 6 foot dredge for scallops |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of measurements = 6 Description: 6 fleets, each of 8 creels with 5 1/2 eyes were used throughtout the cruise for Crabs. In each fleet, 4 creels had shuttered eyes and 4 were open; of each 4 creels 2 were baited with fresh fish and 2 with salt mackerel. |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of specimens = 1335 Description: Lobsters from commercial cathes were sexed and measured and total weights were taken. Of these 426 were male, and 909 females. |
