FRV Explorer 11/82
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 11/82 |
| Cruise period | 1982-11-11 — 1982-11-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To carry out a trawling and echointegrator survey for 0-group sprats off the east coast of Scotland and northeast coast of England.
2) Some hauls off Montrose were made to see if there were any differences in the catch composition between hauls made during daylight and dark Deteriorating weather conditions forced the ''Explorer'' to seek shelter in Alnwick bay on the 16/11/1982, and again on the 18/11/1982 in Lunan Bay. Bad weather again halted operations on the 21/11/1982. A half-landing took place on the 22/11/1982 till the 23/11/1982 in Aberdeen. The ship anchored in Cromarty Firth on the 24/11/1982 to carry out an echointergrator calibration leaving on the 25/11/1982 to continue the survey. A further echointegrator calibration was carried out in St Andrew's Bay |
| Chief scientist | David W McKay (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | ICES Young Gadoid Survey |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Central North Sea, Moray Firth, off Buckie, Aberdeen Bay, Montrose, off the Tees, off Nairn |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 28 Description: Isaac Kidd trawls for large herring larvae |
| Mammals and reptiles | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 54 Description: Hauls for distribution,monitoring. 46 carried out at the programmed stations, 5 additional hauls to identify traces, 4 hausl to study daylight and dark variations in catches. Sprat, 0-group herring were caught |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Description: Echointegration survey. Large plankters and small fish were caught |
