FRV Clupea 0203C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0203C |
| Cruise period | 2003-02-03 — 2003-02-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To identify significant concentrations of spawning cod in inshore areas from the Moray Firth to Shetland.
2. To tag spawning cod for investigations of their movements. Tagging will involve both conventional and data storage tags. 3. To collect samples of cod, haddock and whiting for analysis of reproductive development, genetics and otolith chemistry. |
| Chief scientist | Iain M Gibb (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Moray Firth to Shetland |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of deployments = 32 Description: Minilogger deployed on trawl (temperature and depth only) |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 350 Description: Cod (Total length, total & gutted weights, otoliths, fin and gill tissue) from 32 BT158 trawls (modified to include liner). |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 326 Description: Whiting (Total length, total & gutted weights, otoliths and skin tissue) from 32 BT158 trawls (modified to include liner). |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 360 Description: Haddock (Total length, total & gutted weights, otoliths and skin tissue) from 32 BT158 trawls (modified to include liner). |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 160 Description: Tagged cod releases: N=125 DST releases, N=35 External tag only |