FRV Explorer 6/82
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/82 |
| Cruise period | 1982-06-18 — 1982-07-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. International 0-group Gadoid Survey in the North Sea.
2. Capture of live whiting for aquarium experiments. 3. Handline fishing for whiting The ship called at Kirkwall for a mid-cruise break on the 28/06/1982 leaving on the 29/06/1982 |
| Chief scientist | John R G Hislop (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | O-Group Gadoid Survey by ICES |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Norwegian Sea |
| Specific | S and E of Shetlands, Moray Firth, Auskerry, Forties/Fladen area, Northern Isles and Norway, Pentland Firth |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 57 Description: Macroplankton |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 57 Description: monitoring and distribution, blue whiting, sprats, 0-group herring, sandeels |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 57 Description: monitoring and distribution of cod, haddock, whiting, Norway pout, saithe. 90 live whiting were brough back to the Laboratory from handlining |
