FRV Goldseeker 3/70
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
| Cruise identifier | 3/70 |
| Cruise period | 1970-04-26 — 1970-05-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Kyle of Lochalsh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Ardrishaig, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | 1. To determine the catch composition and abundance of lobsters around the Hebrides.
2. To investigate the spawning frequency of lobsters. 3. To investigate the crab stocks. 4. To undertake comparative creel fishing for lobsters and crabs. 5. To take plankton samples and temperature recordings and undertake trawling for Nephrops and white fish, as far as is compatible with the above main objectives. |
| Chief scientist | Harold J Thomas (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: temperature only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 7 Description: using a 1m 26 oblique net. |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 7 Description: using a 1m 26 oblique net. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 6 Description: commercial species survey. |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of deployments = 576 Description: Traps for crab and lobster catch composition and abundance survey. |
