FRV Clupea 1395C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 1395C |
| Cruise period | 1995-08-10 — 1995-08-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To undertake an intensive benthic and RoxAnn survey in an area enclosed by lines drawn between 56º 45'N 06º 30'W, 56º 45'N 07º 00'W, 57º 15'N 06º 30'W and 56º 45'N 06º 30'W.
2. To carry out benthic sampling for the Quality Status Review (QSR). 3. To carry out a RoxAnn survey of Loch Duich. 4. To collect live copepods for filming. |
| Chief scientist | Michael R Robertson (Scottish Office Agriculture Environment and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.21 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | South west of Skye, Kyle of Lochalsh, Loch Duich, off Wick |
| Track charts | (0.15 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of hauls = 15 Description: Agassiz trawls to identify and enumerate the benthic communities. |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of stations = 8 Description: sampled for benthic infauna. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 15 Description: Agassiz trawls to identify and enumerate the benthic communities. |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Quantity: number of surveys = 6 Description: five-mile by five-mile boxes surveyed using RoxAnn. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 118 Description: Day grab |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of deployments = 11 Description: TV tows. |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of surveys = 6 Description: five-mile by five-mile boxes surveyed using RoxAnn. |
