FRV Explorer 3/84
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 3/84 |
| Cruise period | 1984-02-23 — 1984-03-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 3/84 was 23 February - 9 March 1984
1) To take part in the ICES International Young Fish Survey in the North Sea 2) All samples obtained by the Isaac-Kidd trawl were analysed and all cod, haddock, whiting and saithe otoliths were read 3) A total of 59 hauls were made with the GOV trawl for 2/84 and 3/84 |
| Chief scientist | Andrew W Newton (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | IYFS |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Forties area, Sheltmand Isles, Lerwick, Orknay Isles, Moray Firth, Whitby |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 59 Description: GOV trawl used to obtain top & bottom temperature and salinities taken at all trawl stations |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: 59 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 59 |
| Silicate | Quantity: 59 |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 5 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 98 Description: Herring larvae aquired for amino acid analysis in the laboratory using the Isaac-Kidd midwater trawl during the hours of darkness |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 59 |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 59 Description: monitoring,pathology |
