FRV Scotia 3/63
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 3/63 |
| Cruise period | 1963-03-13 — 1963-04-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Hydrography, plankton and trawling. |
| Chief scientist | Robert Johnston (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 35 |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 35 Description: bottom measurements |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 35 |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 35 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 35 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 35 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Description: Gulf III samples taken at all stations + extra, additional hauls with standard and 1m nets |
| Zooplankton | Description: Gulf III samples taken at all stations + extra, additional hauls with standard and 1m nets |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 35 Description: trawls including: haddock, whiting and herring |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 35 Description: trawls including: cod, flatfish, gadoids and lemon sole |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of specimens = 447 Description: nephrops in 1 haul |
| Gear research | Description: plastic sampler tested |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Description: continous recording |
