FRV Scotia 0821S
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (748S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0821S |
| Cruise period | 2021-06-22 — 2021-07-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Objectives
1. Sampling long time-series oil and gas sites using day grabs and multicorer. 2. Multibeam surveying, TV inspection around three decommissioned oil and gas platforms east of Shetland to obtain baseline information for a future AUV deployment. 3. Grabbing and coring samples for blue carbon studies at decommissioned Oil and gas sites. 4. Water column investigation using the EK60 around decommissioned oil and gas platforms. Small camera footage collection for fish species visual ID. Secondary objectives 1. Multibeam surveying, TV inspection around the Braemar pockmark MPA. Procedure All equipment will be loaded on Scotia when the previous survey returns to Aberdeen harbour. Marine Scotland personnel will set up equipment and prepare the vessel for surveying in the days leading up to 22 June. All personnel will join the vessel on 21 June. The survey will start on 22 June, Scotia will transit towards oil and gas block 21/12-2b where, weather permitting and in consultation with ship officers, grabbing and coring operations will begin. The survey will continue north to block 16/27b-4z and the Miller decommissioned oil and gas platform. The survey will then transit north to the Don and Hutton decommissioned platforms and continue sampling. The trace from the EK60 will also be recorded for later analysis at these locations. Once the northern sampling locations are completed Scotia will return south towards block 14/11-1 and complete the surveying and sampling at this location and return to Aberdeen harbour to dock for unloading on 3 July. Should inclement weather deter offshore operations an alternative plan has been formulated to sample MPA sites around Shetland’s voes. |
| Chief scientist | Robert Watret (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.28 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
