Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 6/65 |
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Cruise period | 1965-07-02 — 1965-07-16 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Leith, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Fisheries |
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Objectives | Worked hydrographic and plankton stations in the Firth of Clyde. Sampling of Norway lobster stocks and further hydrographic and plankton investigations undertaken in conjunction with the trawling programme in the Firth of Clyde, Sound of Jura, South Minch, Inner Sound, North Minch, Noup Deep, Moray Firth and the Firth of Forth. |
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Cruise report | (0.17 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton | Description: plankton sampling |
Zooplankton | Description: plankton sampling |
Pelagic fish | Description: trawls including: hake, whiting, spurdog, saithe and haddock |
Demersal fish | Description: trawls including: witch, cod, megrim, lemon sole, plaice |
Crustaceans | Quantity: number of specimens = 13000 Description: nephrops |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Single-beam echosounding | Description: routine |