FRV Scotia 0789S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0789S |
| Cruise period | 1989-07-05 — 1989-07-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To participate in the ICES coordinated acoustic and midwater trawling survey in the north western North Sea and north of Scotland.
2. To carry out target strength measurements on identified herring traces. 3. To obtain samples of herring for biological analysis. 4. To obtain hydrographic samples for radio caesium monitoring. |
| Chief scientist | Edmund John Simmonds (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | ACOUSTIC SURVEY |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | N.W. North Sea/ N. of Scotland |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: water samples for radio-caesium analysis. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 26 Description: using a Pelagic Sampling Trawl PT 160. |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Quantity: number of observations = 1200 Description: each 15 minutes duration |
