FRV Explorer 3/67
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 3/67 |
| Cruise period | 1967-03-09 — 1967-03-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To participate in an international survey of the distribution of abundance of adolescent herring in the North Sea by trawling and plankton sampling.
''Explorer'' was anchored in the Forth from the 09/03/1967 for 3 days due to a deterioration in the weather. Arrangements were made to do a comparative fishing experiment with the research vessels ANTON DOHRN and CLIONE. The trawl of the ''Explorer'' was badly torn in hauling the first trawl of the experiment and the other 2 ships continued shooting till the weather deteriorated to preclude shooting again. Herring and white fish (haddock, cod) catches were made. A considerable number of ovaries for fecunditiy determination were collect from the various positions fished. |
| Chief scientist | Alan Saville (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Buchan Deeps |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 16 Description: hauls were made with the Gulf III |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 16 Description: hauls were made with the Gulf III |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 13 Description: Cod were tagged and released |
