FRV Scotia 5/68
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/68 |
| Cruise period | 1968-06-27 — 1968-07-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Hydrography, plankton and productivity, trawling. |
| Chief scientist | James A Adams (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.20 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of observations = 1 Description: continuous thermograph |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: chlorophyll a |
| Zooplankton | Description: Gulf III high speed sampler, 1m 26 net, W.P.2, W.P.3 and multi-depth indicator |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 26 Description: Vinge trawl including haddock, whiting and norway pout |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 26 Description: Vinge trawls including cod, dab and roundfish |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 26 Description: Vinge trawls including nephrops |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: round fish stomachs; nematode incidence in cod; live and deep frozen samples collected |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Description: sediment sample |
| Single-beam echosounding | Description: record traces pelagic fish |
