FRV Clupea 1577C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 1577C |
| Cruise period | 1977-11-21 — 1977-12-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | West of Scotland pre-recruit haddock and whiting survey.
Live 0-group haddock were returned to the laboratory at the end of the cruise as were samples of Nephrops for examination for the gut parasite Stichocotyle nephropis |
| Chief scientist | D W Armstrong (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Moray Firth, South Minch, Clyde. |
| Track charts | (1.11 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 10 Description: Numbers of whiting caught from year classes 1972-1977. 6 hauls made in the North Minch catching 2883 fish, 9 hauls made in the Outer Hebrides catching 259 fish, 3 hauls made in the South minch catching 2316 fish, 1 haul made South of 56 degrees North.catching 370 fish, 2 hauls made at the Firth of Clyde catching 1254 fish. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 10 Description: Numbers of haddock caught from year classes 1970-1977. 6 hauls made in the North Minch catching 539 fish, 9 hauls made in the Outer Hebrides catching 1077 fish, 3 hauls made in the South minch catching 60 fish, 1 haul made South of 56 degrees North catching 30 fish |
