FRV Scotia 1397S_1
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (749S) |
| Cruise identifier | 1397S_1 |
| Cruise period | 1997-10-20 — 1997-10-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To sample sediments at two locations in the vicinity of the Captain Field and from the wider area trawl sites.
2. To trawl for Nephrops and other fish species in and around the same locations. |
| Chief scientist | Alistair D McIntosh (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Moray Firth, Captain Field |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Other chemical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 96 Description: sediment samples for hydrocarbon analysis. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Description: trawling for locally available comercially exploited species for hydrocarbon analysis. |
| Crustaceans | Description: trawling for locally available comercially exploited species for hydrocarbon analysis. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 8 Description: Core samples split into 2cm profiles. |
