FRV Explorer 7/75
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 7/75 |
| Cruise period | 1975-09-02 — 1975-09-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Greenock, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) A herring larval survey off the west coast of Scotland and the north coast of Ireland, using the Dutch Gulf III high-speed sampler
2) A surface plankton survey using the Hardy Plankton Indicator 3) To deploy 2 current meter moorings at the bottom of the continental slope west of Shetland ''Explorer'' left for Stornoway on the 10/09/1975 to land crew members and departed on the 12/09/1975. The ship took a mid-cruise break in Greenock from the 17/09/1975 till the 23/09/1975 |
| Chief scientist | George McPherson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | W of Shetland, N of Butt of Lewis and Cape Wrath, W of Hebrides, S of Barra Head, N and W coast of Ireland |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: (data for 7/75 and 8/75) |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: (data for 7/75 and 8/75) |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 348 Description: 116 night hauls were made with the Hardy Plankton Indicator for IMER (data for 7/75 and 8/75) |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 348 Description: Oblique. (data for 7/75 and 8/75) |
