FRV Explorer 2/75
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/75 |
| Cruise period | 1975-03-02 — 1975-04-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To perfrom an acoustic survey of the blue whiting stocks west of the British Isles in conjunction with FRS Cirolina
2) To carry out fishing with pelagic trawl as required to identify echo traces and provide samples for biological investigation 3) To assist WFA and TRS by passing information on the blue whiting concentrations to the Arctic Privateer 4) To use a Continuous Plankton Recorder for IMER, Edinburgh, for investigation of blue whiting egg and larva distribution |
| Chief scientist | Sinclair T Forbes (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (1.35 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Stornoway, Rosemary Bank |
| Track charts | (1.18 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Description: spatial and temporal distribution |
