FRV Explorer 1/84
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 1/84 |
| Cruise period | 1984-01-09 — 1984-01-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an echo-integration survey for sprats in the Western Sea between the Moray Firth and Flamborough.
2. To identify the echo traces using midwater trawl PT 154 (Young Gadoid Trawl) and Isaac Kidd midwater trawl. 3. To collect acoustic data for each consecutive transmission for subsequent detailed analysis. |
| Chief scientist | J Ian Edwards (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.17 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Western North Sea, Dornoch Firth, |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Quantity: track kilometres = 6482 |
