G.O. Sars May 94
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | G.O. Sars (58G3) |
| Cruise identifier | May 94 |
| Cruise period | 1994-05-12 — 1994-05-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To determine the distribution, development and physiological states of the larval and post larval stages of blue whiting and mackerel.
2. To collect measurements of copepod egg production. 3. The IMR staff will be carrying out an acoustic and trawling survey to determine distribution of migratory mackerel. |
| Chief scientist | Svein A Iversen (Institute of Marine Research, Norway) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Northern North Sea, Faroe Shetland channel and north west Hebrides |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 72 Description: IMR CTD casts. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 43 Description: plankton sampling using a DUAL MIK and OCEAN sampler. |
| Eggs and larvae | Description: Copepod egg production experiment |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 43 Description: plankton sampling using a DUAL MIK and OCEAN sampler. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 39 Description: Pelagic trawls |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Description: acoustic survey operated continuously throughout the cruise. |
