FRV Scotia 6/82
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/82 |
| Cruise period | 1982-06-09 — 1982-06-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an acoustic and midwater trawling survey of the North Sea mackerel stock.
2. To carry out a plankton survey for mackerel eggs. |
| Chief scientist | Martin Walsh (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Central North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 67 Description: Temperature only |
| Water bottle stations | Description: S surface only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of surveys = 2 Description: plankton surveys for mackerel eggs. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 67 Description: biomass determination |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of samples = 23 Description: amphibians |
