FRV Clupea 0977C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0977C |
| Cruise period | 1977-07-05 — 1977-07-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To investigate the effect of sea bed conditions (hard to soft ground) on the drag of bottom trawls.
2. To compare the engineering performance of the following gears: A) the standard North Sea trawl. B) a larger mesh version of the North Sea trawl (5 1/2 in mesh throughout) and C) the Aberdeen 40 ft trawl. |
| Chief scientist | D N MacLennan (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research |
