Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
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| Cruise identifier | 10/83 |
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| Cruise period | 1983-09-27 — 1983-10-21 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | 1) To compare catches of Nephrops and fish on commercial grounds using a modified prawn trawl fitted with a seperating panel and fishing without sweep wires.
2) To observe the behaviour of Nephrops to sweep wires and at wing ends. |
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| Chief scientist | Anthony D Hawkins (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.02 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
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| Specific | Moray Firth |
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| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Crustaceans | Description: Nephrops |