Alkaid 0063H
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Alkaid |
| Cruise identifier | 0063H |
| Cruise period | 1991-09-11 — 1991-09-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Ullapool, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To participate in the ICES herring larval surveys in ICES sub-division Via(N) (West of Scotland).
2. To count and identify all herring and other fish larvae collected in the plankton samples during the survey. 3. To collect surface sea water temperature and salinity data during the survey. |
| Chief scientist | Paul W Rankine (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | Int. Herring Larval Survey |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Minches, West of Scotland |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: track kilometres = 1480 |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: deployed |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 49 Description: samples Dutch GULF III |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | 57° 41' 6" N 3° 59' 30" W — |
