FRV Clupea 0185C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0185C |
| Cruise period | 1985-01-16 — 1985-01-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To test a 20fm Nephrops trawl fitted with separator panel.
2. To determine catch rates, size composition and maturity of Nephrops in small and standard mesh trawls in the Moray Firth and North Minch. 3. To determine catch rates and species composition of fish by-catches in these areas. 4. To study growth of Nephrops in different parts of the Moray Firth and North Minch. 5. To determine the incidence of the Nephrops gut parasite Stichocotyle nephropis in these areas. 6. To obtain mud samples for particle size, shear stress, organic carbon and faunal analysis. |
| Chief scientist | F Godfrey Howard (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Moray Firth/ Minches |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Description: Radio-caesium analysis. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: Grainsize, shear stress, organic carbon and faunal analysis |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 30 Description: for Nephrops |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: Grainsize, shear stress, organic carbon and faunal analysis |
