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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 |