FRV Explorer 7A/67
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 7A/67 |
| Cruise period | 1967-08-19 — 1967-08-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Greenock, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | 1) Instrumented gear testing of the bottom trawl and spare mid-water trawl, at various depths, using different lengths of warp
2) Motion filming of the activities of the trawls, instrument preparation before the haul, data collection afterwards and some shots of the shipboard instrument operation 3) An underwater camera was used with both trawls 4) The prototype telemeter or Furuno depth transmitter was attached to the net where possible |
| Chief scientist | D N MacLennan (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.27 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Rockall, St Kilda |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 18 Description: 3 were not fully instrumented. Bottom and Mid-water trawl |
