Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 7/66 |
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Cruise period | 1966-09-03 — 1966-09-23 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Fisheries |
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Objectives | Herring larval survey but poor weather conditions.
Students from Aberdeen University came aboard to carry out a programme of hydrographic and biological sampling the Dog Hole and Buchan Deep. |
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Chief scientist | Richard B Burns (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.12 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: throughout cruise |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: throughout cruise |
Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of stations = 4 Description: drift indicators liberated |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 60 Description: plankton indicator |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 60 Description: plankton indicator |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 93 Description: Gulf III sampler |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 93 Description: Gulf III sampler, herring larvae |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: prawn trawl, mostly whiting |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: prawn trawl, mostly long rough dab |
Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: prawn trawl, mostly nephrops caught |