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FRV Clupea 0879C
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 0879C |
Cruise period | 1979-06-18 — 1979-07-12 |
Status | Completed |
Purpose | Trials |
Objectives | To develop and use new techniques to observe and record the behaviour of fish in the region of fishing gears on commercial grounds.
Bioluminescance measurements were made in various areas between Aberdeen, Buckie, the Orkneys and Shetlands |
Chief scientist | Clem S Wardle (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.12 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Specific | Dornoch Firth, Smiths Bank, off Todd Head, Buckie, Orkneys and Shetlands |
Measurements | |
Geology and geophysics | |
Bottom photography | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: The TV vehicle was steered alongside a 2 beam scallop dredge |