RV Lough Foyle LF/13/90 (LF0990)
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Lough Foyle (74LG) |
| Cruise identifier | LF/13/90 (LF0990) |
| Cruise period | 1990-09-01 — 1990-09-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Troon, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Troon, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To participate in the ICES coordinated herring larval surveys in Division VIa(N).
2. To collect live herring larvae for RNA/DNA analysis as part of an Aberdeen University study. 3. To pick out herring and all other fish larvae during the cruise. 4. To collect surface temperature and salinity data in the survey area. 5. To collect and preserve herring and other fish larvae for otolith studies. |
| Chief scientist | Paul W Rankine (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | Herring Larval Survey |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) (0.13 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Scottish north and west coast |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: track kilometres = 3815.12 Description: track t and s |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 206 Description: oblique, gulf III and 250u net hauls |
