FRV Scotia 0289S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0289S |
| Cruise period | 1989-02-02 — 1989-02-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To take part in the International Young Fish Survey in the North Sea
The ship docked in Stavanger on the 13/02/1989 and left port on the 14/02/1989. A ship's officer was landed in Peterhead. Bad weather caused ''Scotia'' to shelter in North Sound, Orkney. |
| Chief scientist | Andrew W Newton (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | IYFS |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | North Sea, Aberdeenshire Coast, Moray Firth, Orkney and Fladen areas. |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 56 Description: Knudsen stations top and bottom |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 56 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 27 Description: Isaac Kidds tows |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 56 Description: 1 hour duration made using the GOV trawl. Cod, haddock, whiting, and Norway Pout were caught |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of hauls = 56 Description: 1 hour duration for pathology and parasitology |
