Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
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Cruise identifier | 10/73 |
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Cruise period | 1973-11-02 — 1973-11-26 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Kirkwall, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) To tag demersal fish on offshore grounds in the northern North Sea
2) To evaluate fish condition and various designs of live fish cod-ends
3) To bring back live fish for the aquarium
Gales drastically curtailed work throughout the cruise. ''Explorer'' put into Lerwick on the 12/11/1973 till the 13/11/1973 and the Simrad echosounder was repaired. An injured deckhand was put ashore on the 14/11/1973 in Lerwick and a sick stoker was landed at Kirkwell on the 17/11/1973 |
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Chief scientist | J A Gauld (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.05 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Ling Bank, Balta, Auskerry, Copinsay, Clytheness |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 25 Description: 122 cod, 334 haddock, 1555 squalus, 167 plaice, 50 others. (approximately 80 haddock and whiting were brought back for the aquarium) |
Taggings | Quantity: number of hauls = 25 Description: 122 cod, 334 haddock, 1555 squalus, 167 plaice, 50 others. (approximately 80 haddock and whiting were brought back for the aquarium) |