FRV Goldseeker 7/89
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
| Cruise identifier | 7/89 |
| Cruise period | 1989-05-29 — 1989-06-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Kyle of Lochalsh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Corpach, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To investigate the settlement of scallops, queens and crabs in the Clyde Sea area, the Sound of Jura, off the Islay coast, the Sound of Mull, Loch Nevis, Loch Hourne, Loch Carron, Camustiel and Loch Toscaig, Gairloch and Poolewe.
2) To study the size and age composition of scallop and queen stocks in the same areas. 3) To examine the gonads of scallops and queens to determine their maturing age. 4) To record surface and subsurface water temperatures. 5) To preserve gill sections of scallops from selected west coast stations for future pathological examination. |
| Chief scientist | James Mason (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.17 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Clyde sea area |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: Water temperatures. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Molluscs | Description: Survey of scallops and queens |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of deployments = 124 Description: Dredging for the scallops and queens |
