FRV Scotia 0323S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (748S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0323S |
| Cruise period | 2023-02-14 — 2023-03-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Objectives
1. Demersal trawling survey (SCOWCGFS-Q1) on the grounds off the North and West of Scotland and within 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 UK Workplan and EU Data Collection /EUMap regulation. 4. Retrieval and re-deployment of passive acoustic moorings located at discrete sites within the survey area and are part of the Scotland Passive Acoustic Network (SPAN). 5. Deploy 21 acoustic smolt tracker tag receiver moorings North of Cape Wrath as part of a MSS/AST collaborative project. Narrative in attached cruise report. |
| Chief scientist | Finlay Burns (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.24 MB) |
| Cruise report | (0.22 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. Firth of Clyde |
