FRV Clupea 8/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-07-06 — 1976-07-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an echointegrator and midwater trawling survey for sprats in the area north of Scotland and around the Orkneys and Fair Isle.
2. To carry out intensive trawling on concentrations of sprats throughout the day and night to establish diurnal changes in catch rate. 3. To sample sprats for biological purposes and to investigate their suitability for canning. |
| Chief scientist | Roger S Bailey (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.13 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | north of Scotland, and Orkney. |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: amphibians |
