FRV Explorer 8/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-09-03 — 1974-09-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To carry out a herring larval survey off the north and east coasts of Scotland
2) Additional comparative hauls at different towing speeds in the area of greatest larval abundance were made A half landing in Lerwick took place on the 11/09/1974. |
| Chief scientist | Martin Walsh (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Buchan area, Orkney/Shetland area, Pentland Firth |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 40 Description: Plankton indicator tows with at least one haul in each statistical square |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 40 Description: Plankton indicator tows with at least one haul in each statistical square |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: 171 |
