Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name | Taits |
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| Cruise identifier | 0301H |
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| Cruise period | 2001-07-10 — 2001-07-30 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | To carry out an acoustic survey for herring in ICES area VIa(N) as part of the ICES coordinated acoustic and mid-water trawling survey in the north-western North Sea and North of Scotland. Project code MF01t. |
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| Chief scientist | David G Reid (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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| Project | Acoustic and mid-water trawling survey |
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| Coordinating body | ICES |
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| Cruise report | (0.16 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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| Specific | North Western North Sea and North of Scotland |
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| Track charts | (0.16 MB) |
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| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 53 Description: Trawls |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 3201 Description: Herrings sampled. Otoliths taken, measured for weight sex, maturity, gonad weight feeding state and gut weight if feeding. |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Quantity: track kilometres = 5186 Description: Miles of Echo sounder survey track |