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FRV Clupea 0981C
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 0981C |
Cruise period | 1981-07-07 — 1981-07-17 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To compare the selectivity of 25mm and 35mm mesh shrimp trawls.
2. To determine the quantity and composition of the by-catch of the two nets, and the proportion discarded. 3. To make photographic observations of mud communities and to determine shrimp density by means of photography. |
Chief scientist | F Godfrey Howard (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Specific | E. Coast Scotland |
Track charts | ![]() |
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 19 |
Geology and geophysics | |
Bottom photography | Quantity: number of deployments = 9 Description: camera sledge tows. |