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FRV Scotia 0100S_2

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FRV Scotia (748S)
Cruise identifier0100S_2
Cruise period2000-01-08 — 2000-01-20
StatusCompleted
Port of departureAberdeen, United Kingdom
Port of returnAberdeen, United Kingdom
PurposeFisheries
ObjectivesTo carry out a combined acoustic and trawl survey on the western mackerel stocks immediately prior to the start of the migration.
Chief scientistDavid G Reid (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Cruise reportFRV Scotia 0100S_2 cruise report sc01_00.pdf (0.15 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificNorthwest of Scotland, north of Shetland and North Sea
Track chartsFRV Scotia 0100S_2 cruise track — sc01_00track.pdf (0.03 MB) 
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Quantity: activity duration in days = 12
Description: thermosalinograph
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 4
Biology and fisheries 
Pelagic fishQuantity: activity duration in days = 12
Description: acoustic surveying for mackerel shoals
Pelagic fishQuantity: number of hauls = 8
Description: sampling mackerel and herring with some haddock and Norway pout
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
2  CTD/STD cast
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Electrical conductivity of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
5576392000-01-11 10:27 58° 53' 15" N  6° 13' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 557639
5576402000-01-11 12:26 59° 5' 41" N  6° 35' 10" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 557640