FRV Clupea 1698C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 1698C |
| Cruise period | 1998-09-28 — 1998-10-01 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To obtain demersal fish by trawling along gradients in the Firths of Forth and Tay.
2. To sample these fish for analyses including polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) metabolites in bile, PAHs in flesh and liver and hepatic mixed function oxidase determination. 3. To sample sediments in association with the trawl sites for PAH concentrations. |
| Chief scientist | Alistair D McIntosh (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Firths of Forth and Tay |
| Measurements | |
| Contamination | |
| Chlorinated hydrocarbons | Quantity: number of specimens = 40 Description: plaice sampled for polyaromatic hydrocarbon determination. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 12 |
