FRV Explorer 1/78
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 1/78 |
| Cruise period | 1978-01-20 — 1978-01-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To carry out mid-water trawling to identify pelagic fish echo traces in collaboration with FRV ''Scotia'' in the north western North Sea
2) Samples of 1+ whiting stomachs were collect for analysis at the laboratory |
| Chief scientist | J A Gauld (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.71 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | St. Abbs Head, Grangemouth, Dunbar, Forth estuary, Montrose |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 8 Description: survey using a 600 HP small Gadoid mid-water trawl with a 16 mm knotted nylon cod-end. Hauls were of 1- 2 hours duration made at depths ranging from 3 m below the surface by night, to 3 m off the bottom by day:population structures,biomass etc. studies |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Quantity: 8 |
