FRV Scotia 0285S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0285S |
| Cruise period | 1985-02-01 — 1985-02-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | To take part in the ICES International Young Fish Survey in the North Sea. |
| Chief scientist | Andrew W Newton (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | IYFS |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Shetland, Moray Firth, northwestern and central North Sea, west coast of Denmark |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 59 Description: surface and bottom |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 58 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 59 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 59 |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 4 |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | Quantity: number of samples = 6 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 70 Description: Isaacs-Kidd midwater trawls during hours of darkness. |
| Birds | Description: Contact A Webb, Sast Nature Conservancy Council, Aberdeen |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of samples = 60 Description: distribution, monitoring, pathology |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of samples = 60 |
