MFV Aspire Feb1990
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | MFV Aspire (74KN) |
| Cruise identifier | Feb1990 |
| Cruise period | 1990-02-12 — 1990-02-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Inverness, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Inverness, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an echo-sounder survey of the Inner Moray Firth, the Beauly, Inverness and Cromarty Firths in order to investigate the occurrence and distribution of pelagic fish shoals.
2. To sample suitable echo-traces using a pelagic trawl. 3. To observe the seal and seabird populations within the survey area. 4. To obtain live fish for experiments currently being carried out at the laboratory. |
| Chief scientist | William S MacDonald (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Inner Moray Firth |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Birds | Description: Seabird observations |
| Mammals and reptiles | Description: Seals counted on two occasions. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 11 Description: identifying echo-traces |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 30 Description: live whiting retained for experiments back at the laboratory. |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Description: echo-sounder survey to investigate the occurrence and distribution of pelagic fish shoals. |
