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FRV Clupea 0979C
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 0979C |
Cruise period | 1979-07-17 — 1979-07-27 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To compare the selectivity of two Danish shrimp trawls, one with a 25mm mesh cod end, the other with a 35mm mesh cod end.
2. To study the distribution and abundance of Pandalus borealis and Nephrops at Fladen. 3. To make photographic observations on the density and behaviour of Pandalus on the Farn Deeps. |
Chief scientist | F Godfrey Howard (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.75 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Track charts | (0.68 MB) |
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 |
Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 6 Description: population & environments,behaviour |