FRV Explorer 8/67
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/67 |
| Cruise period | 1967-10-04 — 1967-10-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) Drift indicators and current markers were released
2) A routine trawling survey was done and good catches of haddock and cod were made. 3) Experiments with detachable codends took place 4) Underwater camera work was planned 5) Plankton distribution was analysed ''Explorer'' went to Torshavn on the 15/10/1967 to pick up a member of crew, and left on the 16/10/1967. The weather conditions deteriorated curtailing the work carried out substantially, no underwater camera work could be done because of this. An overnight call was made at Trangesvaag to collect stomach samples. A call was then made at Klakksvig to collect passengers to take to Aberdeen |
| Chief scientist | D D Seaton (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), Rodney Jones (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Shetland Islands to Hebrides, Fair Isle |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: ser.stations |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Description: bottom |
| Meteorology | |
| Routine standard measurements |
