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FRV Scotia 1617S

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FRV Scotia (748S)
Cruise identifier1617S
Cruise period2017-11-13 — 2017-12-03
StatusCompleted
Port of departureAberdeen, United Kingdom
Port of returnAberdeen, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesObjectives

1. To participate in the ICES co-ordinated western division demersal trawling survey.
2. To obtain temperature and salinity data profiles at each trawling position.
3. To collect additional biological data in connection with the EU data collection framework (DCF)

Procedures

All fishing gear and scientific equipment will be loaded aboard during the landing day of 1517S. Scotia will sail on 13 November and (after all safety drills and shakedown trawl shoot) commence fishing operations the following morning on the stations to the west of the Orkneys. Weather conditions at the time will determine the exact start area. Survey schedule and operations will be decided by SIC after daily consultation with Fishing Master and Captain. A half landing with be made around 23 or 24 November into Greenock or possibly Belfast to exchange staff, but the date and port are to be confirmed once the vessel has commenced the survey. The survey will finish in Aberdeen on 3 December with all staff and equipment/fishing gear returning to the Marine Laboratory.

This is a random-stratified survey design with trawl stations being distributed within twelve predefined strata covering the sampling area. One trawl haul of thirty minutes duration will be made within a radius of five nautical miles of each core positions shown on the attached chart. If trawling is not possible at the core location then the nearest appropriate secondary/alternative station will be used. Final trawl locations will be decided after SIC consultations with Fishing Master. For each haul, the Scanmar monitoring system and NOAA bottom contact sensor will be used to observe and record the performance and geometry of the trawl and trawl doors.

All fish will be treated according to current standard research vessel procedures and additional biological data will be collected as determined by EU data regulation 1639/2001 and 1581/2004.

CTD casts will be taken at each trawl station. Please note the thermosalinograph will not be run during this survey.
Chief scientistRobert J Kynoch (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Coordinating bodyInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
Cruise programmeFRV Scotia 1617S cruise programme 1617s.pdf  (0.28 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificNorth and west of Scotland and Ireland
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
53  CTD/STD cast
Reference numbers
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
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
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Salinity of the water column
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

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19154242017-11-17 06:59 56° 52' 11" N  7° 4' 37" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915424
19154972017-11-18 17:12 59° 5' 20" N  5° 30' 7" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915497
19155652017-11-20 11:11 58° 56' 15" N  7° 29' 55" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915565
19156332017-11-22 11:22 55° 22' 57" N  6° 46' 36" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915633
19157622017-11-28 14:09 54° 57' 1" N  9° 16' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915762
19158292017-11-30 07:10 56° 5' 55" N  8° 20' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915829
19153072017-11-14 11:19 58° 54' 45" N  4° 31' 27" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915307
19153442017-11-15 10:39 59° 54' 2" N  4° 35' 7" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915344
19154612017-11-18 06:59 58° 46' 28" N  6° 9' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915461
19154732017-11-18 11:12 58° 46' 22" N  5° 42' 21" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915473
19155902017-11-21 06:56 57° 32' 30" N  9° 24' 15" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915590
19157862017-11-29 06:58 55° 38' 26" N  9° 19' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915786
19158052017-11-29 14:31 55° 24' 44" N  8° 42' 43" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915805
19153812017-11-16 06:58 58° 36' 17" N  5° 40' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915381
19154362017-11-17 10:44 57° 6' 13" N  7° 1' 36" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915436
19155042017-11-19 06:59 59° 18' 19" N  5° 51' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915504
19156692017-11-24 16:43 55° 24' 16" N  5° 15' 40" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915669
19156702017-11-25 07:01 56° 23' 34" N  6° 46' 34" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915670
19158302017-11-30 13:18 55° 38' 53" N  7° 53' 31" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915830
19158422017-11-30 15:17 55° 51' 24" N  7° 47' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915842
19158542017-12-01 07:30 56° 14' 57" N  7° 28' 43" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915854
19156082017-11-21 16:41 56° 29' 0" N  8° 26' 21" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915608
19156452017-11-22 15:09 55° 31' 44" N  5° 56' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915645
19156822017-11-25 12:56 56° 40' 49" N  6° 40' 50" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915682
19157502017-11-28 06:59 55° 8' 44" N  9° 45' 29" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915750
19157982017-11-29 11:23 55° 28' 58" N  9° 15' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915798
19154002017-11-16 13:25 58° 11' 22" N  5° 35' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915400
19155282017-11-19 13:29 59° 15' 0" N  6° 27' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915528
19155412017-11-19 16:01 59° 13' 30" N  6° 52' 56" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915541
19156212017-11-22 06:59 55° 30' 41" N  7° 4' 15" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915621
19156572017-11-24 14:19 55° 26' 13" N  4° 50' 32" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915657
19156942017-11-25 17:29 56° 30' 45" N  7° 35' 28" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915694
19157012017-11-26 06:58 57° 13' 22" N  8° 17' 4" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915701
19157132017-11-26 12:54 56° 52' 45" N  8° 36' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915713
19158172017-11-29 17:33 55° 9' 36" N  8° 47' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915817
19154482017-11-17 13:30 57° 7' 59" N  6° 34' 55" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915448
19154852017-11-18 14:37 59° 1' 57" N  5° 58' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915485
19155162017-11-19 10:46 59° 24' 15" N  6° 9' 57" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915516
19155772017-11-20 14:15 58° 41' 51" N  7° 42' 52" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915577
19157492017-11-27 17:01 54° 36' 10" N  8° 59' 21" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915749
19153192017-11-14 13:58 58° 59' 10" N  4° 8' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915319
19153322017-11-15 06:59 59° 52' 23" N  4° 58' 27" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915332
19153932017-11-16 10:55 58° 23' 15" N  5° 37' 52" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915393
19152882017-11-14 06:57 58° 41' 14" N  4° 6' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915288
19153562017-11-15 13:09 60° 7' 30" N  4° 32' 13" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915356
19155532017-11-20 06:34 59° 12' 22" N  7° 6' 32" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915553
19157252017-11-26 15:02 56° 45' 2" N  8° 43' 45" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915725
19157372017-11-27 07:00 54° 36' 45" N  9° 55' 55" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915737
19157742017-11-28 16:10 54° 57' 31" N  9° 1' 38" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915774
19153202017-11-14 16:16 59° 9' 46" N  4° 9' 0" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915320
19153682017-11-15 16:24 59° 53' 50" N  4° 7' 31" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915368
19154122017-11-16 16:11 58° 11' 31" N  6° 0' 33" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915412
19155892017-11-20 16:40 58° 33' 56" N  8° 1' 20" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 1915589