FRV Goldseeker 5/87
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/87 |
| Cruise period | 1987-04-13 — 1987-05-01 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of return | Troon, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To carry out a series of larval suverys at Ballentrae Bank and in adjacent areas of the Clyde to obtain estimates of larval production.
2) To carry out a limited series of hydrographic surveys using reversing bottles at Ballantrae Bank to establish the temperature/salinty profile over the period of the survey. 3) To carry out trawl hauls at Ballentrae to identify any fish traces observed. 4) To carry out a grab survey on Ballentrae Bank to check for the presence of herring spawn. |
| Chief scientist | John A Morrison (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (1.63 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Loch Ryan |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 14 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 168 |
| Pelagic fish | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 338 |
