FRV Explorer 7/69
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 7/69 |
| Cruise period | 1969-11-09 — 1969-11-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | 1) To make comparisons bewteen a standard Granton trawl and an experimental trawl with a large horizontal mouth opening
2) The Elliott 920C computer was used during each haul to record a number of quantities including warp divergence and declination. ''Explorer returned to Aberdeen on the 12/11/1969 to change personnel and set sail on the 13/11/1969. The ship called in at Tromso on the 16/11/1969 till the 19/11/1969, and again on the homeward journey |
| Chief scientist | James A Pope (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Fraserburgh, Helnes Bank, |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 19 Description: 9 with experimental gear, 10 with the Granton gear. Catches of cod, haddock and redfish |
