FRV Goldseeker 8/70
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/70 |
| Cruise period | 1970-11-03 — 1970-11-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Crinan, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Tarbert, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To use diving techniques to study the operation of scallop and queen gear under varying conditions.
2. To undertake such trawling as is compatible with the first objective. 3. To take plankton samples and surface temperature recordings. Hauls of scallops were made by standard 4ft scallop dredge. |
| Chief scientist | James Mason (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), John Drinkwater (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Crinan, Sound of Jura, Tarbert |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Hydrography. An oblique haul with a 1m (26 mesh) net was made in the Sound of Jura and the surface temperature was noted. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Plankton. An oblique haul with a 1m (26 mesh) net was made in the Sound of Jura |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Plankton. An oblique haul with a 1m (26 mesh) net was made in the Sound of Jura |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of specimens = 188 Description: 39 scallops in a 15 minute haul off Ardlussa, 33 scallops in a 15 minute haul off Carsaig, 116 scallops in Kilfinan Bay |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of dives = 11 Description: Observation of the working 4ft standard scallop dredge, first with a wire warp and then with a polypropylene fibre warp. |
