FRV Scotia 0498S
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (748S) |
| Cruise identifier | 0498S |
| Cruise period | 1998-03-09 — 1998-03-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Braer oil spill effects on hydrocarbon loadings in sediments.
2. Braer oil spill effects on biochemical measurements and histopathology in fish. 3. Sampling for Nephrops in the Burra Haaf and Little Halibut Bank areas. 4. Braer oil spill effects on macrobenthos in the Burra Haaf area. |
| Chief scientist | Alistair D McIntosh (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Northern North Sea, south of Shetland Islands |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Contamination | |
| Petroleum residues | Quantity: number of stations = 102 Description: Stations |
| Petroleum residues | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: Nephrops trawls |
| Contaminants in organisms | Quantity: number of hauls = 7 Description: Fish trawls |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of hauls = 9 Description: macrobenthos analysis |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 7 Description: Fish trawls |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: Nephrops trawls |
