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FRV Scotia 1219S

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FRV Scotia (748S)
Cruise identifier1219S
Cruise period2019-08-23 — 2019-09-11
StatusCompleted
Port of departureAberdeen, United Kingdom
Port of returnAberdeen, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesObjectives

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 scientistDavid A Stirling (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Cruise programmeFRV Scotia 1219S cruise programme 1219s.pdf  (0.32 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificWest Shetland Shelf, Pobie Bank Reef