FRV Scotia 4/62
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 4/62 |
| Cruise period | 1962-04-01 — 1962-04-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Hydrography, plankton and trawling. |
| Chief scientist | Alan Saville (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 |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: all stations |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: T and S measured at the bottom at all stations and at intermediate depths at 24 stations |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Description: oblique townet samples at all stations; restricted sampling with standard and 1 metre townets |
| Zooplankton | Description: oblique townet samples at all stations; restricted sampling with standard and 1 metre townets |
| Eggs and larvae | Description: herring larvae |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: trawls included: whiting, small hake and herring plaice, cod |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: trawls included: plaice and cod |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: trawls included nephrops |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: cod were reasonably free of infection |
