FRV Explorer 1/82
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 1/82 |
| Cruise period | 1982-01-11 — 1982-01-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an echo-integrator survey for sprats in the western North Sea between the North Sea between the Moray Firth and Flamborough Head.
2. To identify the echo-traces using midwater trawls PT 154 (Young Gadoid Trawl) and Isaac Kidd midwater trawl. |
| Chief scientist | J Ian Edwards (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.13 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | W. North Sea, Moray Firth, Flamborough Head, Firth of Forth, Largo Bay, St. Andrews Bay |
| Track charts | (1.19 MB)  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | |
| Pelagic fish | Description: Isaacs Kidd midwater trawl. |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | |
| Exploratory fishing |
