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FRV Scotia 1219S
Cruise plan
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (748S) |
Cruise identifier | 1219S |
Cruise period | 2019-08-23 — 2019-09-11 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | Objectives
West Shetland Shelf Seven survey boxes have been positioned inside and adjacent to West Shetland Shelf MPA. For each box the priority is to: 1. Acquire full coverage multibeam. 2. Collect drop-camera video and stills from 25 stations (station position will be determined based on processed multibeam). 3. Collect and process a single Hamon grab sample from a subset of the 25 stations (only stations deemed suitable for grab sampling will be revisited with the Hamon grab). 4. Increase replication at drop-camera transects (four additional camera transects) and grab samples (two additional grabs) at a subset of one drop camera stations and three grab stations. Pobie Bank Reef (Contingency Survey Site) 1. Acquire multibeam. 2. Collect drop-camera video and stills from selected stations. 3. Collect and process a single Hamon grab sample from selected stations. Secondary Objectives 1. Collect additional drop-camera video and stills and/or Hamon grab samples to ground-truth the multibeam data. 2. Collect Hamon grab samples for the purpose of DNA analysis. 3. Collect Van Veen grab samples at a subset of Hamon grab stations for the purposes of a gear comparison study. |
Chief scientist | David A Stirling (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise programme | (0.32 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Specific | West Shetland Shelf, Pobie Bank Reef |