FRV Clupea 0782C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0782C |
| Cruise period | 1982-08-15 — 1982-08-31 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To commission the new winch for the RCB.
2. To film with the RCB the comparative escape rate of small fish from a diamond and square mesh codend. 3. To compare drag characteristics, using instrumentation, of a typical diamond mesh trawl with that of the same trawl with one third of its twine area in square mesh. 4. To film and observe with the RCB a rockhopper groundgear traversing smooth and rough ground. 5. To film with the RCB contrast characteristics of a trawl constructed with alternative rows of black and white netting. |
| Chief scientist | Jack H B Robertson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | N.E. Scotland |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 17 Description: observation of small haddock escaping from the 90mm diamond. |
