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FRV Scotia 0190S
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
Cruise identifier | 0190S |
Cruise period | 1990-01-04 — 1990-01-24 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1) To carry out an echointegration survey of herring and mackerel off the north and west coasts of Scotland
2) To collect biological data from catches of herring and mackerel 3) To collect water samples for radio-caesium monitoring 4) To record sea-surface temperatures and salinities in the survey area 5) Caesium samples were taken ''Scotia'' docked in Stornoway on the 15/01/1990 departing on the 16/01/1990. The ship sheltered in Broad Bay from the 16/01/1990 until the 17/01/1990 and again on the 19/01/1990 in Village Bay, St Kilda |
Chief scientist | Peter Hopkins (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (1.21 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Specific | West of Scotland, Inganess Bay, Minch, Stanton Banks, Loch Erisort, Flannan Isles, Butt of Lewis, St Kilda, Barra Head, Cape Wrath, Pentland Firth, Fair Isle |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 9 Description: trawls, 3 foul, 1 with zero catch. Herring sampled |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 317 Description: Otoliths taken |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 200 Description: Fish weighed to establish weight-length relationships |
Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Description: run throughout cruise |