FRV Clupea 0685C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0685C |
| Cruise period | 1985-05-15 — 1985-06-04 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an acoustic survey of herring in the Firth of Clyde and approaches.
2. To obtain length and weight data on individual herring. 3. To carry out dual beam target strength measurements. 4. To collect surface hydrographic data. 5. To investigate the incidence of salmon smolts in catches of herring and determine the distribution of potential avian predators on salmon smolts in the sea. 6. To obtain a water sample for radio-caesium analysis. |
| Chief scientist | Mike R Heath (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.23 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Firth of Clyde/ North Channel |
| Track charts | (0.12 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Birds | Description: seabird count. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 16 |
