FRV Explorer 10/82
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 10/82 |
| Cruise period | 1982-10-08 — 1982-10-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) A routine demersal fish survey in the Northern North Sea.
2) Stomachs of mackerel and large cod were examined in accordance with the ICES stomach programme ''Explorer'' docked in Lerwick on the 18/10/1982 and was delayed until the 21/10/1982. The ship proceeded to Aberdeen after sheltering in Aberdour Bay on the 27/10/1982 to off-load gear |
| Chief scientist | Andrew W Newton (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Norwegian Sea |
| Specific | North Sea, E of Peterhead, Fair Isle, Moray Firth, Shetland, Buchan, Forties, Viking |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Quantity: sample kilograms = 20 Description: of cod liver were returned to the Laboratory for heavy metal investigations |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 34 Description: 1 hour duration for monitoring,population structures and pathology. Haddock, whiting, Norway pout and cod were caught. 30 Scyliorhinus stellaris and 3 halibut were transported back alive to the Laboratory. A number of haddock were returned to the Laboratory for parasitological investigations |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 34 Description: 1 hour duration for monitoring,population structures and pathology. Haddock, whiting, Norway pout and cod were caught. 30 Scyliorhinus stellaris and 3 halibut were transported back alive to the Laboratory. A number of haddock were returned to the Laboratory for parasitological investigations |
