FRV Scotia 0489S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0489S |
| Cruise period | 1989-04-22 — 1989-05-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a survey for mackerel eggs on the spawning ground of the "western" mackerel stock.
2. To sample mackerel concentrations in the spawning area. 3. To obtain mackerel ovaries for fecundity determination and the estimation of stresis. 4. To investigate mackerel egg development, incubation and mortality rates at different temperatures. 5. To monitor temperature, salinity and chlorophyll in the sampling area. 6. To obtain radio caesium samples. |
| Chief scientist | Martin Walsh (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | MACKEREL EGG SURVEY |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bay of Biscay North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | West of Hebrides |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: duration of cruise |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of deployments = 142 Description: tows of plankton sampler |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: trawls |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 27 Description: handline stations |
