Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
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Cruise identifier | 8/84 |
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Cruise period | 1984-08-09 — 1984-08-24 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Trials |
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Objectives | 1) To undertake engineering trials using rubber disc, rock hopper and bobbin footropes with a dual purpose fish/prawn trawl on both soft and firm bottom
2) To measure the drag of the above trawl with and without lower wings. |
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Chief scientist | R Derek Galbraith (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.03 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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Specific | off Stornoway |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Gear research | |