FRV Clupea 1795C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 1795C |
| Cruise period | 1995-11-01 — 1995-11-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To undertake intensive RoxAnn and benthic surveys from within the areas delimited by lines drawn between the following positions:
Area 1 - 57º 41.00'N 06º 29.30'W, 57º 41.00'N 06º 38.00'W, 57º 46.00'N 06º 38.00'W, 57º 46.00'N 06º 29.30'W and 57º 41.00'N 06º 29.30'W. Area 2 - 57º 41.00'N 06º 43.50'W, 57º 41.00'N 06º 52.00'W, 57º 46.00'N 06º 52.00'W, 57º 46.00N 06º 43.50'W and 57º 41.00'N 06º 43.50'W. Area 3 - 57º 41.00'N 06º 00.00'W, 57º 41.00'N 06º 09.05'W, 57º 46.00'N 06º 09.05'W, 57º 46.00N 06º 00.00'W and 57º 41.00'N 06º 00.00'W. 2. To collect core samples from Loch Duich. |
| Chief scientist | Michael R Robertson (Scottish Office Agriculture Environment and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Little Minch, North Minch, Loch Duich |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 18 Description: Day grab samples. |
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 3 Description: Gravity cores |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of surveys = 24 Description: Underwater TV to identify and enumerate the benthic communities present. |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of surveys = 3 Description: five by five mile boxes surveyed using RoxAnn. |
