FRV Scotia 0596S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0596S |
| Cruise period | 1996-04-02 — 1996-04-08 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To investigate Braer oil spill effects of hydrocarbon loadings in sediments and histopathology in fish.
2. To locate and sample a single well drilling site. |
| Chief scientist | Alistair D McIntosh (Scottish Office Agriculture Environment and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | SE of Fair Isle, SW of Shetland mainland |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Contamination | |
| Petroleum residues | Quantity: number of samples = 21 |
| Petroleum residues | Quantity: number of samples = 39 |
| Petroleum residues | Quantity: number of samples = 7 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Biochemical measurements (eg lipids, amino acids) | Quantity: number of samples = 7 |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 7 Description: Trawls |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 21 Description: Day grabs |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 39 Description: Craib cores |
