FRV Scotia 0888S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0888S |
| Cruise period | 1988-08-03 — 1988-08-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To undertake a trawling survey in the North Sea.
2. Ocean sampler testing. |
| Chief scientist | Alexander P Robb (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Norwegian Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Central and NW North Sea, Moray Firth, Shetland, East Shetland Basin |
| Track charts | (0.04 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of stations = 1 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of deployments = 50 Description: test tows of DAFS and Seametrix ocean samplers. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 90 |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of deployments = 50 Description: test tows of DAFS and Seametrix ocean samplers. |
