Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name | Argo |
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| Cruise identifier | 0496H |
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| Cruise period | 1996-08-12 — 1996-09-06 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Fisheries |
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| Objectives | 1. To carry out a survey of scallop stocks in the North Sea.
2. To collect information on by-catches of other commercial fish and shellfish species. |
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| Chief scientist | Trevor R W Howell (Scottish Office Agriculture Environment and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.08 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
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| Specific | North Sea of the east coast of Scotland |
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| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
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| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Molluscs | Quantity: 123 Description: scallop dredges to determine abundance. |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: Number and length distributions of by-catch commercial fish and shellfish species recorded. |