FRV Explorer 12/83 (2)
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 12/83 (2) |
| Cruise period | 1983-12-14 — 1983-12-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To collect live gadoids.
Live haddock and cod caught from the trawls were landed in Aberdeen on the 16/12/1983. Deteriorating weather conditions and boiler tube problems forced the curtailment of the trawling programme |
| Chief scientist | D D Seaton (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Buchan Deeps, Moray Firth |
| Track charts | (0.04 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Description: trawls for haddock and cod. |
