FRV Scotia 1393S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 1393S |
| Cruise period | 1993-10-07 — 1993-10-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To participate in the ICES International Herring Larval Surveys 1993/4 in area VIa(N) (west coast of Scotland).
2. To collect surface sea water temperature and salinity data over the survey area. 3. To obtain photographs of live plankton caught by a metre net 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 |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | West coast of Scotland |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of measurements = 212 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of samples = 198 Description: Dutch Gulf III |
