FRV Scotia 1084S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 1084S |
| Cruise period | 1984-08-31 — 1984-09-13 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To participate in the ICES co-ordinated herring larval surveys in Division Iva (N).
2. To collect water samples as part of the Lowestoft Radio-Caesium Monitoring Programme. 3. To collect herring larvae using a metre net and preserve in liquid nitrogen as part of a study on the lipid fatty acid content of larvae. 4. To sample an additional station grid off North and South Uist over the period of 8-11 September. 5. To pick out fish larvae from plankton samples collected during the cruise. |
| Chief scientist | Paul W Rankine (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | Herring Larval Survey |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | North coast of Scotland, Outer Hebrides, Minches |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 3 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 209 Description: completed using Gulf III samplers for identification and biomass determination of herring larvae. |
