FRV Scotia 0589S_2
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0589S_2 |
| Cruise period | 1989-06-06 — 1989-06-13 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To investigate the distribution of hydrocarbons in sediments in the Fladen area of the North Sea, and the Brae and Fulmar fields as time allows.
2. To check monitor in the vicinity of the toppled Piper Alpha platform. 3. To assess the immunological status of fish and invertebrates at clean and contaminated sites. 4. To obtain samples of sediments and epibenthos from within, and from the near vicinity of, gas seepages and pock marks. |
| Chief scientist | Alistair D McIntosh (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Contamination | |
| Petroleum residues | Quantity: number of samples = 205 |
| Chlorinated hydrocarbons | |
| Contaminants in organisms | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 |
| Demersal fish | |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: toxicology |
