FRV Explorer 6/78
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/78 |
| Cruise period | 1978-05-25 — 1978-06-13 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Hydrography and Fishing
A half landing took place on the 02/06/1978 in Torshavn. ''Explorer'' anchored off Sando and scientific staff and crew attempted to catch fish for taggings with hand lines. The ship steamed to Inganess Bay on the 10/06/1978 for repairs. |
| Chief scientist | D W Armstrong (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (3.23 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Fair Isle-Munken area, Faroe Bank |
| Track charts | (3.08 MB)  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 20 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: 10 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 10 |
| Silicate | Quantity: 20 |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Quantity: 5 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Primary productivity | Quantity: 78 |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 10 |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 44 Description: survey:population structures,biomass determination etc. A total of 3630 otoliths from cod, haddock, saithe and whiting were read at sea |
