Ocean Bounty
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Ocean Bounty (74OF) |
| Cruise period | 1991-05-13 — 1991-05-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Kyle of Lochalsh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Kyle of Lochalsh, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To study the efficiency and effective fishing area of crab creels using TV and creel spacing methods.
2. To compare the size composition of creel caught crabs with the wild population. 3. To make observations on the use of escape gaps in creels and on the survival of commercially caught discards. |
| Chief scientist | James A M Kinnear (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 | Applecross / Crowlin Islands |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Raasay, Crowlin Islands, Applecross, Loch Kishorn and Scalpay were all investigated as commercial crab grounds. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: Raasay, Crowlin Islands, Applecross, Loch Kishorn and Scalpay were all investigated as commercial crab grounds. |
