FRV Scotia 10/82
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 10/82 |
| Cruise period | 1982-09-29 — 1982-10-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To take part in the ICES Herring Larval Survey in ICES Division VIa.
2. To collect surface water samples for radio-caesium monitoring at Cape Wrath (58 40'N 05 00'W), Pentland Firth (58 40'N 02 59'W) and at Aberdeen (57 10'N 01 55'W). |
| Chief scientist | J A Gauld (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | Herring Larval Survey by ICES |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.23 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | North and west of Scotland and Ireland |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) | Quantity: number of stations = 58 Description: depth monitoring system used to measure distance from sampler to surface and sampler to seabed. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 308 Description: herring larval hauls. |
