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FRV Scotia 6/83
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
Cruise identifier | 6/83 |
Cruise period | 1983-06-08 — 1983-06-27 |
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 co-ordinated international survey to determine western mackerel spawning stock size.
2. To sample mackerel concentrations in the survey area. 3. To interface the satellite navigation system with the computer. |
Chief scientist | Martin Walsh (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Project | ICES Mackerel Survey |
Coordinating body | ICES |
Cruise report | (0.21 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Celtic Sea Bay of Biscay North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Specific | West of Scotland and Ireland to Bay of Biscay |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: See MAFF Fisheries Research Data Report No 17, 1989 |
Biology and fisheries | |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of samples = 119 |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 12 |