FRV Goldseeker 8/83
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/83 |
| Cruise period | 1983-07-25 — 1983-08-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | 1) To undertake engineering trials using both falt and vee-type otterboards of different sizes, with a scaled down 'Mystic' trawl.
2) To measure the net drag of the above trawl with and without lower wings. 3) To investigate any difference in engineering performance between rock hopper and bobbin groundropes. |
| Chief scientist | R Derek Galbraith (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.03 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Buckie |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Description: otterboard trials |
