FRV Clupea 0590C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0590C |
| Cruise period | 1990-04-30 — 1990-05-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Greenock, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Study of herring spawning grounds in the Clyde estuary. |
| Chief scientist | Philip J Copland (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Clyde Estuary |
| Measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Description: Water samples collected for oxygen analysis at the egg patch at Brown Head. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Description: Day grab used to verify sediment type. |
| Long/short range side scan sonar | Description: 120 kHz side scan system used for intensive survey of the Ballantrae egg patch. |
