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FRV Clupea 6B/67
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 6B/67 |
Cruise period | 1967-08-20 — 1967-09-01 |
Status | Completed |
Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Fisheries |
Objectives | Joint research cruise with FRV Mara
1) Further trials with the purse seine and herring tagging 2) Echo searches were made for herring |
Chief scientist | Ian G Baxter (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.08 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Specific | Shetland grounds, E of Orkney |
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: purse seine, mainly herring, dogfish and haddock |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: purse seine, no fish caught |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: Gourock No.1 mid-water trawl, mostly dogfish |
Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Description: searching for fish traces |
Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 119 Description: herring |