FRV Clupea 0402C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0402C |
| Cruise period | 2002-03-05 — 2002-03-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To tag cod for investigations of their movements.
2. To collect samples of cod for analysis of reproductive development, genetics and otolith chemistry. 3. To map concentrations of spawning cod in inshore areas from Shetland, Orkney and the Moray Firth. |
| Chief scientist | Peter J Wright (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | Metacod |
| Cruise report |  (1.35 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Shetland, Orkney and the Moray Firth |
| Track charts | (0.22 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of deployments = 123 Description: DST tags released |
| Exploratory fishing | Quantity: number of hauls = 19 Description: trawl hauls for cod |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Description: EK 500 data collected at all times |
