FRV Scotia 0384S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0384S |
| Cruise period | 1984-03-25 — 1984-04-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | Tests of fish-finding echosounders.
Experiments with free fall camera system. Evaluation of new scanning sonar. |
| Chief scientist | J Ian Edwards (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), Sinclair T Forbes (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | North coast of Scotland, St Kilda, Minch, west coast of Scotland, Moray Firth |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Quantity: number of deployments = 4 Description: survey: distribution, biomass determination |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: number of hauls = 100 |
