FRV Scotia 0610S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (748S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0610S |
| Cruise period | 2010-05-14 — 2010-06-01 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Objectives
1. Perform hydrographic surveys along the JONSIS standard section in the northern North Sea. 2. Perform biological sampling along the JONSIS standard section and East Coast section using the Ocean Sampler. 3. Recover and redeploy two current meter moorings East Shetland. 4. Perform a CTD survey East Shetland 5. Perform hydrographic surveys along the standard Faroe Shetland Channel sections. 6. Carry out deep sea coring at Nolso - Flugga station NOL-04. 7. Take samples for long-term storage at Fair Isle - Munken stations FIM-01 and FIM-06. 8. Service three ADCP moorings in the Faroe Shetland Channel. 9. Deploy one additional ADCP moorings for the THOR project in the Faroe Shetland Channel. 10. Recover and redeploy a SAMS ADCP mooring on the Wyville -Thomson Ridge. 11. Perform CTD surveys across the Fair Isle channel and along the Shelf Edge as time allows. Narrative Scotia sailed from Aberdeen at 0930 (all times are GMT) on Friday 14 May for the start of the East Coast line to carry out biological sampling using the Ocean Sampler. Prior to starting this work, the CTD instrument package was successfully tested (Stn 135). Sampling of the East Coast section using the Ocean Sampler commenced at 1430 on Friday 14 May and was completed at 0300 on Saturday 15 May. Passage was made to the start of the JONSIS section for sampling with the CTD/Carousel and Ocean Sampler. This work commenced at 1005 on Saturday 15 May and was completed at 0113 on Sunday16 May (Stns. 136-147). Scotia then made passage to work the three CTD sections East of Shetland and work commenced at 0708 on Sunday 16 May. These sections were completed at 2132 on Monday 17 May (Stns. 148-179). Passage was made to the current meter mooring E Shetland 2. On arrival, interrogation by hydrophone failed to communicate with the mooring. A grid search was made north and south of the mooring position with no success and no indicatio |
| Chief scientist | George Slesser (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | AE11R0 |
| Cruise programme |  (0.05 MB) |
| Cruise report | (0.03 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | East Shetland, Faroe-Shetland Channel, Fair Isle Channel. |
