Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
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Cruise identifier | 5/78 |
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Cruise period | 1978-06-05 — 1978-06-29 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Invergordon, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | To study Nephrops including tagging and releasing. |
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Chief scientist | Colin J Chapman (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.13 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | 3 miles off Balintore( 57 degrees 43 minutes North, 3 degrees, 51 minutes West) |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Crustaceans | Quantity: number of specimens = 132 Description: Nephrops were placed in cages on the seabed and their survival recorded over several days. 30 creel-caught tagged with plastic toggle tags inserted through the junction between carapace and abdomen, 14 creel-caught tagged with plastic streamer tags, 30 creel-caught untagged (control group) and 58 trawl-caught obtained from commercial vessel |
Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 25 Description: Four fleets of 25 creels were fished for periods of 1-5 days using salt herring bait. The size and sex compositions were determined. |
Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 1964 Description: Toggle-tagged Nephrops (1285 males, 679 females) were released in the area during the cruise. The carapace lengths of these animals were measured to the nearest 0.1mm |