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FRV Scotia 1612S

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FRV Scotia (748S)
Cruise identifier1612S
Cruise period2012-11-13 — 2012-12-04
StatusCompleted
Port of departureAberdeen, United Kingdom
Port of returnAberdeen, United Kingdom
PurposeFisheries
ObjectivesObjectives

1. To participate in the ICES co-ordinated Western Division Demersal Trawling Survey.
2. To obtain temperature and salinity data at each trawling position.
3. To collect additional biological data in accordance with the EU Data Directive 1639/2001 and 1581/2004.
4. To collect pollution samples for SEPA & MSS.
5. To collect data on marine litter.
6. To collect cod samples for Prof P Hart (University of Leicester).
7. To deploy hydrographic equipment and mooring buoy at Stonehaven sampling site.
8. To train SFF personnel in species ID and 'discard' sampling techniques.
9. To ascertain Mackerel year class (recruitment) strength to the west of Ireland.
Narrative

This survey was conducted using a random-stratified design with trawl locations being distributed within ten predefined sampling strata. The intention is for trawls to be undertaken on suitable ground as near to the specified sampling position as is practicable and where possible within a radius of five nautical miles of that position. If no suitable ground can be located within five nautical miles then the nearest alternative trawl station should be used. Hauls will be of 30 minutes duration and generally fishing operations will take place during the hours of daylight where possible.

On this survey, Scotia sailed from Aberdeen at 0900 on Tuesday 13 November and proceeded south to deploy hydrographic equipment and associated marker buoy in Stonehaven bay. This was carried out successfully and with no difficulties, after which J Dunn and M Geldart were put ashore in Stonehaven by ships rescue craft.

On leaving Stonehaven bay Scotia made a northerly course for the first trawl station to the west of Orkney. While en-route, the opportunity was taken to deploy and check the operation of the trawl gear; in particular to measure the gear dimensions under strain.

Fishing commenced the next day at 0700, at a position to the west of Orkney. The short term weather forecast was reasonable for this time of year and advantage of this was taken to progress westward for the next three days.

Scotia had to arrange for a member of scientific staff to be put ashore in Ullapool to seek medical attention. This saw Scotia working in the North Minch on Friday 16 November before docking in Ullapool at 1300. During the port call, an Echomaster engineer was called to effect repairs to a motion compensated balance.

Scotia departed Ullapool at 1730 and progressed towards stations to the north of Lewis. Careful monitoring of forecasts suggested that we were to encounter uncomfortable weather conditions in the days to come but nothing that should prevent us from continuing our operations.

Scotia continued to work west and then southwards down the shelf edge, in rough weather conditions to the west of the Stanton Banks. Overnight passage was then made to Barra to disembark one of the ships crew on the morning of Thursday 22 November.

Scotia worked in a northerly direction though the South Minch and then made passage for Ullapool for the scheduled half landing.

Scotia docked in Ullapool at 2215 on Thursday 22 November. During the half landing the repaired basket weighing balance was returned to the vessel. A staff exchange was undertaken whilst in port.

Scotia departed from Ullapool at 0700 on the morning of 24 November, heading south to a station located to the east of Harris.

Scotia continued operations south through the Stanton banks area and then south westwards down the west coast of Ireland. Surveying continued along the north coast of Ireland and then into the Clyde sea area on 30 November. Designated core stations of the survey design were completed on 30 November. Scotia undertook seven additional survey stations up the shelf edge to the west of the Hebrides, finding us positioned at 'Clash Deeps' on the morning of 3 December, where sc
Chief scientistCraig G Davis (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
ProjectRV1210 -10921
Cruise programmeFRV Scotia 1612S cruise programme 1612s.pdf  (0.08 MB) 
Cruise reportFRV Scotia 1612S cruise report 1612s.pdf (0.08 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificNorthwest coast of Scotland and Ireland.
Track chartsFRV Scotia 1612S cruise track — 1612strk.pdf (0.07 MB) 
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
55  CTD/STD cast
Reference numbers
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Density of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
Reference numbers
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Density of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
11841452012-11-17 13:33 59° 26' 53" N  6° 29' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184145
11841572012-11-18 06:38 59° 5' 24" N  6° 32' 10" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184157
11841702012-11-18 13:36 58° 43' 33" N  7° 21' 3" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184170
11842372012-11-19 20:04 58° 17' 9" N  9° 10' 28" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184237
11843052012-11-21 15:38 56° 3' 10" N  8° 20' 52" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184305
11843292012-11-22 10:46 56° 45' 7" N  7° 28' 32" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184329
11843542012-11-25 07:51 56° 22' 35" N  7° 58' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184354
11844102012-11-26 10:28 55° 38' 57" N  8° 57' 32" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184410
11844342012-11-26 18:13 55° 8' 53" N  9° 44' 52" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184434
11845022012-11-28 10:28 54° 35' 19" N  8° 54' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184502
11845142012-11-28 14:08 55° 4' 10" N  8° 41' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184514
11846062012-11-30 11:52 55° 24' 36" N  5° 15' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184606
11841332012-11-17 10:18 59° 21' 40" N  5° 55' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184133
11841692012-11-18 10:04 58° 52' 38" N  6° 41' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184169
11842742012-11-20 17:18 57° 10' 30" N  9° 15' 56" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184274
11843422012-11-24 18:30 56° 45' 22" N  6° 57' 32" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184342
11844462012-11-27 07:42 54° 56' 52" N  9° 16' 3" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184446
11844952012-11-28 07:40 54° 27' 22" N  9° 27' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184495
11845262012-11-28 16:29 55° 12' 11" N  8° 34' 45" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184526
11845992012-11-30 07:46 55° 39' 9" N  5° 3' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184599
11846802012-12-02 12:30 57° 58' 10" N  7° 47' 44" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184680
11842012012-11-19 06:32 58° 26' 6" N  7° 50' 26" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184201
11842622012-11-20 13:18 57° 17' 50" N  8° 39' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184262
11844582012-11-27 11:10 54° 35' 46" N  9° 32' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184458
11846182012-11-30 13:54 55° 13' 8" N  5° 12' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184618
11846312012-11-30 18:03 55° 39' 19" N  5° 52' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184631
11846552012-12-01 13:41 56° 55' 25" N  8° 36' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184655
11846922012-12-02 16:48 58° 28' 49" N  8° 22' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184692
11841822012-11-18 16:11 58° 41' 3" N  7° 47' 34" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184182
11842252012-11-19 15:12 58° 6' 38" N  8° 17' 20" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184225
11842982012-11-21 10:59 56° 33' 29" N  8° 31' 57" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184298
11843172012-11-21 20:02 55° 45' 52" N  8° 44' 8" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184317
11843782012-11-25 13:08 55° 59' 46" N  7° 13' 4" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184378
11844092012-11-26 07:41 55° 37' 53" N  8° 24' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184409
11844712012-11-27 14:35 54° 29' 11" N  9° 49' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184471
11845632012-11-29 12:20 55° 56' 22" N  6° 39' 22" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184563
11846672012-12-01 15:57 56° 57' 4" N  8° 10' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184667
11842502012-11-20 10:21 57° 32' 40" N  9° 1' 46" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184250
11844832012-11-27 18:34 54° 17' 25" N  10° 36' 43" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184483
11841942012-11-18 19:06 58° 30' 51" N  7° 27' 50" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184194
11842862012-11-21 06:32 56° 37' 36" N  9° 0' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184286
11843912012-11-25 15:01 56° 3' 29" N  6° 53' 27" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184391
11844222012-11-26 15:46 55° 16' 10" N  9° 54' 29" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184422
11845382012-11-28 18:35 55° 24' 9" N  8° 24' 53" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184538
11845752012-11-29 15:34 55° 32' 59" N  6° 46' 50" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184575
11846432012-12-01 08:39 56° 14' 19" N  9° 5' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184643
11842132012-11-19 11:12 58° 33' 1" N  8° 9' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184213
11843302012-11-22 14:18 57° 8' 12" N  6° 56' 43" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184330
11846792012-12-02 08:37 57° 36' 48" N  8° 41' 48" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184679
11847112012-12-03 07:35 58° 36' 20" N  5° 22' 9" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184711
11841212012-11-17 06:30 59° 24' 28" N  5° 22' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184121
11842492012-11-20 06:30 57° 53' 26" N  9° 2' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184249
11843662012-11-25 10:36 56° 10' 8" N  7° 32' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184366
11845512012-11-29 07:31 55° 32' 13" N  7° 52' 41" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184551
11845872012-11-29 17:43 55° 21' 24" N  6° 42' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1184587
Discrete samples 
1  Instrument mooring