FRV Scotia 0320S
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (748S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0320S |
| Cruise period | 2020-02-16 — 2020-03-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Objectives
1. Demersal trawling survey (SCOWCGFS-Q1) of the grounds off the north and west of Scotland in ICES Subarea 6a. 2. To obtain temperature and salinity data from the surface and seabed at each trawling station. 3. Collect additional biological data in connection with the EU Data Collection Framework (DCF). 4. Retrieval and re-deployment of COMPASS moorings located at discrete sites within the survey area. Procedures Loading of the trawl gear and scientific equipment will take place on 13 February with rigging and testing being completed on the same day. Scotia will sail on the morning of 16 February. A training haul will be undertaken during the passage north to ensure all fishing gear/sensors are working effectively. Scotia will then commence fishing operations the next morning on predefined stations off the north Scottish coast and west of 4'W with weather conditions thereafter determining the route taken on the survey. |
| Chief scientist | Finlay Burns (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.24 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | North and west of Scotland (ICES area VIa) |
