FRV Goldseeker 2/89
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/89 |
| Cruise period | 1989-01-23 — 1989-02-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Peterhead, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To carry out an echosounder and trawling survey for sprat in inshore waters from the Firth of Forth and to the Inner Moray Firth
2) To retrieve a current meter from the Rosyth area 3) To collect water samples for radio-caesium monitoring 4) To observe the seal population in the Inner Moray Firth. |
| Chief scientist | J R Hutcheon (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Firth of Forth, Moray Firth and Rosyth |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Description: Retrival of a current meter. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 1 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Mammals and reptiles | Description: Looking at seal populations |
| Pelagic fish | Description: Sprats |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | 56° 0' 0" N 3° 23' 18" W — Recovery of current meter from under the Forth Rail Bridge. |
