FRV Scotia 3/62
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 3/62 |
| Cruise period | 1962-03-03 — 1962-03-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Hydrography, plankton, trawling and echo-sounding. |
| Chief scientist | Jake H Fraser (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: hydrography |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: hydrography |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Description: water chemistry |
| Phosphate | Description: water chemistry |
| Nitrate | Description: water chemistry |
| Silicate | Description: water chemistry |
| Trace elements | Description: water chemistry |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | |
| Phytoplankton | Description: Gulf III samples at all stations; standard and townet as scheduled |
| Zooplankton | Description: Gulf III samples at all stations; standard and townet as scheduled |
| Pelagic fish | Description: Vinge trawl hauls included: whiting,herring, sprat and haddock |
| Demersal fish | Description: Vinge trawl hauls included: gadoids, plaice and cod |
| Crustaceans | Description: Vinge trawls hauls, included: nephrops |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: whiting gall bladder samples |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Description: record |
