FRV Explorer 7/80
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 7/80 |
| Cruise period | 1980-06-12 — 1980-07-01 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) Participation in the International North Sea 0-group gadoid survey
2) Sampling the JONSIS line of hydrographic stations ''Explorer'' called at Kirkwell for a mid-cruise break on the 23/06/1980 till the 24/06/1980. During the cruise, regular contact was maintained, and results exchanged with the 2 other vessels participating in the survey (RV ''Corella'' and RV ''Tridens'') |
| Chief scientist | John R G Hislop (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | IHB04 0-Group Gadoid Survey |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (2.66 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | N. Scotland/ Shetlands, Moray Firth, Norwegian Deeps, W of Orkneys Islands |
| Track charts | (2.56 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 11 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: 84 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: 84 |
| Total - N | Quantity: 11 |
| Silicate | Quantity: 84 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: 84 |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: 22 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: 11 |
| Nekton | Quantity: 56 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: 56 |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 56 Description: distribution,monitoring. Cod, haddock, whiting, Norway pout, and saithe caught. Blue whting, sandeels, sprats, and herring also caught. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 56 Description: distribution,monitoring. Cod, haddock, whiting, Norway pout, and saithe caught. Blue whting, sandeels, sprats, and herring also caught. |
