FRV Clupea 0683C_2
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0683C_2 |
| Cruise period | 1983-06-23 — 1983-07-08 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To investigate novel codends designed to allow a higher rate of young fish escape.
2. To compare the drag of square and diamond mesh codends full of fish. 3. To measuring the engineering performance of and film the 2 commercial rockhopper trawls. |
| Chief scientist | Jack H B Robertson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Orkney/ Buchan coast |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Description: Assessment of the mesh blocking effect of various small mesh codend covers was made using video and still photography. |
