FRV Clupea 0484C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0484C |
| Cruise period | 1984-03-27 — 1984-04-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Greenock, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To measure the engineering performance of BT 156 (a two panel demersal trawl) using three sizes of both vee and flat doors to provide data for the derivation of empirical formulae to match door size correctly to net size. To investigate the effect of floatation and different water depths.
2. To obtain net drag data for BT 156 using both full and cut-away lower wings. Gear trials. |
| Chief scientist | Richard S T Ferro (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Moray Firth |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 30 |
