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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 | ![]() |
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 |