FRV Scotia 1421S
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (748S) |
| Cruise identifier | 1421S |
| Cruise period | 2021-10-08 — 2021-10-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Objectives
1. Test the SBE911 and CTD carousel (main CTD crane) and the SBE25 at Goldeneye location and collect water samples (*). 2. Perform hydrographic sampling along the JONSIS long term monitoring section in the northern North Sea. 3. Perform hydrographic sampling along the long term monitoring Faroe-Shetland Channel Fair Isle – Munken (FIM) section. 4. Perform hydrographic sampling along the long term monitoring Faroe-Shetland Channel Nolso – Flugga (NOL) section. 5. Turn around (refurbish) the Loch Ewe metocean buoy mooring and repair or swap over its SBE37 instrument. 6. Carry out the Loch Ewe CTD transect and collect water, phytoplankton and zooplankton samples. 7. Deploy ADCP (Sig250) in trawl resistant AL-200 frame in Linne Crowlin (east Skye, new frame prepared). 8. Recover ADCP (Sig250) in trawl resistant AL-500 frame in the Little Minch and deploy ADCP (Sig250) in trawl resistant AL-200 frame in the same location (new frame prepared). 9. Recover ADCP (Sig500) in steel frame in Loch Erisort (east Lewis) and deploy ADCP (AWAC) in steel frame in the same location. 10. Run the thermosalinograph (TSG) throughout the survey. TSG will be cleaned prior to sailing. 11. Run the VMADCP on all the standard sections. 12. Take water samples for long term storage on Fair Isle – Munken or Nolso – Flugga section stations. 13. Carry out oil degrading bacteria work: water filtration on selected NOL/FIM stations. 14. Test Aberdeen University Holocam in deeper water (on plankton crane, 500-1000 m – depth pending confirmation from UoA). 15. If weather/time permits perform Shelf CTD lines. 16. If weather/time permits, perform CTD line along the AlterECO line and gather additional data near Stonehaven (*). 17. If weather/time permits repeat the JONSIS line at the end of the cruise and extend to 001° 30' east. 18. If weather/time permits, perform VMADCP/CTD survey work in the Moray Firth and/or Aberdeen Bay. (*) The AlterEco line may need to be sampled at the start of the survey, instead of at the end, depending on the analysis of some samples. In that case, the Goldeneye sampling will still be carried out but the testing of the CTD will happen along the AlterEco line. |
| Chief scientist | Alejandro Gallego (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.27 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Goldeneye oil field, Faroe-Shetland Channel, Loch Ewe, Linne Crowlin, Little Minch, Loch Erisort, Moray Firth and/or Aberdeen Bay. |
