FRV Clupea 1500C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 1500C |
| Cruise period | 2000-10-20 — 2000-11-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To sample fish using the PT 154 International gadoid trawl with 6 mm cod-end.
2. To use the modified 5 m beam trawl to sample bottom living species. 3. To carry out detailed acoustic surveys in selected sealochs using the Seabat 602 and RoxAnn. 4. To carry out grab sampling for benthic organisms and ground truthing RoxAnn. |
| Chief scientist | James A M Kinnear (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (1.85 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Loch Gairloch, Outer Loch Torridon, Loch Hourn, Loch Nevis and Loch Sunart |
| Track charts | (0.36 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 26 Description: Trawls: pelagic and demersal fish sampled for maturity and age. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 26 Description: Trawls: pelagic and demersal fish sampled for maturity and age. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: track kilometres = 92.6 Description: Roxann data for seabed mapping. SeaBat used for shoal measurements |
