Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
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Cruise identifier | 3/83 |
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Cruise period | 1983-02-24 — 1983-03-10 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 2/83 was 3-18 February 1983 and 3/83 was 24 February - 10 March 1983
Biology. Report/Track Chart not required
To take part in the International Young Fish Survey. Biological samples were taken for further analysis in Aberdeen. Software was developed on the Commodore micro computer, and software was developed to assemble maturity age/length keys and to provide output tables for an international report. |
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Chief scientist | Andrew W Newton (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Project | IYFS |
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Coordinating body | ICES |
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Cruise report | (0.08 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Forties area, Moray Firth, Orkney Isles, Shetlands, Buchan coast, |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Description: Top and bottom made with the GOV trawl |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Eggs and larvae | Description: Isaac-Kidd midwater trawl was used at night to obtain samples of pre-metamorphosis herring larvae |
Pelagic fish | Description: Monitoring, pathology made with the GOV trawl for herring and mackerel for use in the ICES stomach sampling programe |
Demersal fish | Description: made with the GOV trawl for saithe and cod for use in the ICES stomach sampling programe |