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FRV Clupea 0673C

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FRV Clupea (74CU)
Cruise identifier0673C
Cruise period1973-05-28 — 1973-06-22
StatusCompleted
Port of departureBuckie, United Kingdom
Port of returnAberdeen, United Kingdom
PurposeTrials
Objectives1. To conduct a comparative fishing experiment for Nephrops norvegicus using a 9m beam trawl with electric ticklers and twin cod-ends. Each side of the net was rigged with a set of electrodes in contact with the bottom, only one set being energised at a time. The net was divided from the beam back to the codends.
2. To continue experiments on the response of N. norvegicus to electric fields using underwater TV.

Observations with the TV system were made in Loch Shell and Loch Torridon.
Chief scientistPeter A M Stewart (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Cruise reportFRV Clupea 0673C cruise report cl6_73.pdf (0.07 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
SpecificNorth Minch, Lewis, Sound of Raasay, Gairloch.