Carolisa 3501H
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Carolisa |
| Cruise identifier | 3501H |
| Cruise period | 2002-01-31 — 2002-02-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Inverness, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Inverness, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Joint cruise with Ocean Trust. Carolisa.
To undertake a sprat trawling survey in the Moray Firth area 57° 30 - 58° N and 4 - 2° W (from Inverness east to Fraserburgh and north to the Dornoch Firth): 1. To determine the distribution and relative composition of 'sprat shoals' encountered during the survey. 2. An age key is to be collected for sprat and herring. |
| Chief scientist | Finlay Burns (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | Industry/FRS partnership |
| Coordinating body | FRS |
| Cruise report |  (0.22 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Moray Firth area (from Inverness east to Fraserburgh and north to the Dornoch Firth) |
| Track charts | (0.08 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 9 Description: Samples of Herring/Sprat collected. Measurements taken as well as sex,maturity, and otoliths also taken for age analysis back at FRS. |
