FRV Scotia 2B/64
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 2B/64 |
| Cruise period | 1964-03-26 — 1964-04-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Tagging of cod, haddock and whiting. In addition, gonads from untagged whiting and haddock were preserved and up to 50 whiting from each statistical square were deep frozen.
Daily samples were taken for salinity, phosphate, silicated and nitrate from the pump. |
| Chief scientist | David J Symonds (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 13 |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 6 Description: carboys filled with seawater |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of samples = 13 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of samples = 13 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of samples = 13 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 50 Description: whiting from each statistical square deep frozen |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 2082 Description: 1375 cod, 666 haddock and 41 whiting |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: gonads from haddock and whiting preserved |
