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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 |