FRV Goldseeker 6/87(1)
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/87(1) |
| Cruise period | 1987-05-13 — 1987-05-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Troon, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Troon, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To carry out a series of larval surveys over Ballentrae Bank and adjacent areas to obtain estimates of herring larval production.
2) To carry out a series of hydrographic surveys to establish a temperature/salinity profile of the area. 3) To identify any fish traces observed around the bank by trawling. |
| Chief scientist | Paul W Rankine (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 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 = 6 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
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