FRV Scotia 1289S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 1289S |
| Cruise period | 1989-11-02 — 1989-11-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a survey of 0- and 1-group mackerel.
2. To monitor sea surface temperature and salinity throughout the survey. 3. To collect water samples for radio caesium monitoring. |
| Chief scientist | Martin Walsh (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Cape Wrath and Pentland Firth |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: run throughout cruise |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 2 Description: water samples for radio-caesium analysis. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 54 |
