FRV Clupea 0585C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0585C |
| Cruise period | 1985-04-24 — 1985-05-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of return | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out instrumented gear trials on the proposed "Clupea" survey gear Chalut 28.90/37.10 (BT159).
2. To measure net drag using rubber disc, rockhopper and bobbin footropes with the above trawl on both soft and firm bottom. 3. To test a new system of in-line warp load measurement where tension meters are shackled directly into specially prepared warps. |
| Chief scientist | R Derek Galbraith (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.03 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | off Stornoway |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 20 |
