FRV Scotia 4/83
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 4/83 |
| Cruise period | 1983-04-27 — 1983-05-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a survey for mackerel eggs along the edge of the continental shelf from the Bay of Biscay to west of Ireland as part of a coordinated international survey to determine western mackerel spawning stock size.
2. To sample mackerel concentrations in the survey area. |
| Chief scientist | Martin Walsh (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | ICES Mackerel Survey |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Celtic Sea Bay of Biscay North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Continental shelf west of Scotland and Ireland, Donegal Bay, Bay of Biscay |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 125 Description: Surface samples only. See MAFF Fisheries Research Data Report No 17, 1989. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 125 |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 10 |
