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FRV Clupea 8/69
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 8/69 |
Cruise period | 1969-07-03 — 1969-07-25 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Fisheries |
Objectives | 1) Herring tagging in the north-western North Sea from purse seine catches
2) Sonar practice with targets was carried out in sheltered inshore waters |
Chief scientist | Ian G Baxter (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.06 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Specific | Shetland fishing grounds. |
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of measurements = 6 Description: The purse seine was shot at the Shetland herring fishing grounds. Small catches of haddock were obtained. |
Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 5 Description: Herring caught and tagged between Fetlar and Out Skerries |