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FRV Clupea 0282C_1
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 0282C_1 |
Cruise period | 1982-02-23 — 1982-03-05 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Ullapool, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To lift and relay moorings for 1982 Loch Ewe bag experiment.
2. To set up rafts and deploy bags and hardware. 3. To collect ripe herring and cod gonad material for the Loch Ewe bag experiments. Work was carried out on the raft morrings in Loch Ewe. Diving work was carried out at Loch Ewe to prepare the moorings for the bags. The towing and deployment of the flotation collars and the final installation of the bags and their ancillary fittings took place on 5 March. |
Chief scientist | John Dunn (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.12 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
Specific | Loch Ewe |
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of measurements = 2 Description: Hauls on Ballentrae Bank of ripe herring |
Gear research | Quantity: number of recoveries = 2 Description: Test modules belonging to Wood Group were recovered from Thurnaig and transported to Clupea |