FRV Clupea 9/69
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 9/69 |
| Cruise period | 1969-08-12 — 1969-08-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1) To sample concentrations of spawning herring in the north-western North Sea
2) Plankton samples were taken en route from Buckie to the Shetland area |
| Chief scientist | Alan Saville (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Shetland and Orkney. |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of measurements = 10 Description: Mid-water trawl shots on grounds between Fetlar and Sumburgh. 35 herring taken in the pelagic trawl hauls. Considerable quantities in several hauls of haddock, whiting and dogfish were caught |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: 2 bottom trawl hauls Sandwick Bay-Mousa area, 2 at grounds east of Orkney. In one haul, 15 baskets of haddock, whiting and small lemon sole were caught, and in one haul, 35 baskets of haddock and whiting were taken |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of measurements = 10 Description: Mid-water trawl shots on grounds between Fetlar and Sumburgh. 35 herring taken in the pelagic trawl hauls. Considerable quantities in several hauls of haddock, whiting and dogfish were caught |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: 2 bottom trawl hauls Sandwick Bay-Mousa area, 2 at grounds east of Orkney. In one haul, 15 baskets of haddock, whiting and small lemon sole were caught, and in one haul, 35 baskets of haddock and whiting were taken |
