FRV Explorer 10/81
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 10/81 |
| Cruise period | 1981-11-04 — 1981-11-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an echointegrator and midwater trawling survey for 0-group sprats in the western half of the central North Sea.
2. To investigate the depth distribution of 0-group sprats at different times of day and night. ''Explorer'' anchored in the lee of Inchkeith from the 10/11/1981 until the 11/11/1981. A half-landing was made at Aberdeen on the 16/11/1981 till the 17/11/1981. The ship went to retrieve marker buoys in the area near the Sutors of Cromarty on the 19/11/1981. The ship landed a crew member by pilot boat in Aberdeen on the 21/11/1981 |
| Chief scientist | Roger S Bailey (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.22 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Central North Sea, Hartlepool, Firth of Forth, Dogger Bank, Northmberland coast, Bell Rock area, Lunan Bay, Montrose area, Cruden Bay, Moray Firth |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 39 Description: made with the International Young Gadoid Pelagic Trawl. Identification,distribution,biomass determination. Sprats, herring and commercial species |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. |
