FRV Clupea 0581C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0581C |
| Cruise period | 1981-04-13 — 1981-04-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To compare selectivity of 25 and 35mm mesh shrimp trawls.
2. To determine the quantity of the by-catch of the two nets and the proportion discarded. 3. To make photographic observations of mud communities and to determine density of shrimps. |
| Chief scientist | F Godfrey Howard (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), James A Sinclair (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | E. Scotland |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 16 Description: made using 25mm and 35mm shrimp trawls. |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 16 Description: made using 25mm and 35mm shrimp trawls. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Bottom photography | Description: underwater television and photographic work. |
