FRV Clupea 0286C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0286C |
| Cruise period | 1986-01-29 — 1986-02-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To observe reactions of fish to trawls in "darkness"; Area to be fished will be selected according to the presence or absence of bioluminescence. |
| Chief scientist | Clem S Wardle (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Hoy Sound/ Stormy Bank |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Description: Surface light level measured before and after each observed haul. The light level at the seabed was measured directly during the daytime. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of images = 1000 Description: flash photographs to study fish reactions. |
