Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
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Cruise identifier | 1/80 |
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Cruise period | 1980-01-10 — 1980-01-22 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) To carry out an echo-integration survey survey for sprats in the Western North Sea between the Morray Firth and the Firth of Forth
2) To identify echo traces using a pelagic trawl
3) To conduct an inter-calibration with FRV Corella |
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Chief scientist | J Ian Edwards (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Coordinating body | MAFF |
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Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | N.E. Coast Scotland, Firth of Forth, Dunbar, Dornoch Firth |
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Track charts | (2.88 MB) |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: Taken within 20 m of the seabed. No herring apart from the larvae were captured |
Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Description: identification,distribution using the mid-water trawl PT112. Biomass estimation |