Ardent
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Ardent |
| Cruise period | 1989-08-15 — 1989-08-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Ardent (DAFS charter) -
To determine the distribution and relative abundance of sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) on inshore fishing grounds at Shetland. |
| Chief scientist | J A Gauld (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Shetland |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of hauls = 32 Description: trawl hauls of approximately 30 minutes duration using a commercial sandeel trawl to determine distribution and relative abundance. |
