FRV Explorer 1/72
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 1/72 |
| Cruise period | 1972-01-05 — 1972-01-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Monitoring |
| Objectives | 1) To tag demersal fish in offshore North Sea waters
2) To bring live fish back to the aquarium 3) The opportunity was taken to collect data for investigating the size of the catch on the percentage of haddock that were judged to be in satisfactory condition for tagging |
| Chief scientist | Rodney Jones (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Specific | Fair Isle, NW of Shetland, Aberdeen, Bressay Shoal, East of Orkney |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 826 Description: demersal fish tagging in the north sea. 545 haddock were tagged NW of Shetland and 281 to the east of Orkney |
