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FRV Scotia 0403S

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FRV Scotia (748S)
Cruise identifier0403S
Cruise period2003-02-28 — 2003-03-24
StatusCompleted
Port of departureAberdeen, United Kingdom
Port of returnAberdeen, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. Demersal trawling survey of the grounds off the north and west coasts of Scotland and Irish Sea.
2. To obtain temperature and salinity data from surface and seabed at each trawling position.
3. To collect information on the distribution and reproductive development of cod.
4. To collect samples of cod, haddock and whiting for analysis of reproductive development, genetics and otolith chemistry.
5. To tag cod in the Clyde area for investigations of their movements.
6. Recording of EM950 Multibeam Swathe Bathymetry data during all gear tows and recording of multiple frequency acoustic Echosounder integration data for the CATEFA Project.
Chief scientistKenneth A Coull (Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
ProjectInternational Bottom Trawl Surveys
Coordinating bodyICES
Cruise reportFRV Scotia 0403S cruise report sc04_03.pdf (0.16 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificNorth and west coasts of Scotland and Ireland, Irish Sea, Minches, Clyde
Track chartsFRV Scotia 0403S cruise track — 0403strack.pdf (0.07 MB) 
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
CTD stationsQuantity: number of stations = 74
Description: CTD deployed prior to the start of each trawling station
Biology and fisheries 
Pelagic fishQuantity: number of hauls = 74
Description: One haul of 30 minutes duration carried out at each station to obtain information on species composition, length frequency and age data where appropriate. Net used was a GOV (BT137) with a small mesh cod-end.
Demersal fishQuantity: number of hauls = 74
Description: One haul of 30 minutes duration carried out at each station to obtain information on species composition, length frequency and age data where appropriate. Net used was a GOV (BT137) with a small mesh cod-end.
CrustaceansQuantity: number of hauls = 74
Description: One haul of 30 minutes duration carried out at each station to obtain information on species composition, length frequency and age data where appropriate. Net used was a GOV (BT137) with a small mesh cod-end.
Other biological/fisheries measurementQuantity: number of hauls = 30
Description: Additional bottom trawls carried out to obtain samples for the cod biological sampling programme (METACOD). Samples of cod collected for length, weight, sex, maturity stage, fecundity and DNA analysis. Cod tagged using acoustic tags and standard flag type tags.
Data held at BODC Get data
Series/Profiles 
67  CTD/STD cast
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Density of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column
Salinity of the water column
Temperature of the water column
Vertical spatial coordinates
Density of the water column
Electrical conductivity of the water column

BODC idDate/TimeLocationDoc.
6264082003-03-17 10:12 54° 32' 17" N  9° 39' 56" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626408
6264452003-03-17 18:29 54° 35' 51" N  8° 50' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626445
6265252003-03-22 13:33 59° 14' 46" N  4° 0' 43" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626525
6265372003-03-22 17:59 58° 42' 58" N  4° 27' 7" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626537
6356572003-03-01 11:36 59° 27' 8" N  3° 51' 24" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635657
6356702003-03-01 17:43 59° 20' 49" N  5° 4' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635670
6357502003-03-03 14:40 57° 39' 18" N  8° 31' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635750
6357622003-03-03 18:16 57° 18' 46" N  8° 28' 12" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635762
6357982003-03-04 13:46 56° 22' 5" N  8° 30' 27" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635798
6358052003-03-04 17:40 56° 13' 25" N  9° 7' 9" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635805
6358292003-03-05 10:31 55° 23' 23" N  8° 26' 10" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635829
6359832003-03-08 10:28 58° 2' 16" N  5° 44' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635983
6360952003-03-12 10:30 53° 39' 55" N  5° 57' 39" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 636095
6361262003-03-14 21:44 53° 58' 45" N  3° 42' 52" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 636126
6263412003-03-15 14:15 54° 34' 53" N  3° 54' 25" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626341
6263902003-03-17 07:01 54° 18' 33" N  10° 19' 10" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626390
6265132003-03-22 06:02 59° 39' 8" N  5° 9' 26" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626513
6356692003-03-01 13:50 59° 14' 34" N  4° 1' 14" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635669
6357012003-03-02 14:55 58° 41' 49" N  7° 10' 56" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635701
6357742003-03-04 06:58 56° 48' 16" N  9° 1' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635774
6358542003-03-06 07:32 55° 57' 17" N  7° 32' 2" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635854
6359092003-03-06 21:08 56° 46' 39" N  6° 54' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635909
6359342003-03-07 15:41 58° 18' 56" N  5° 59' 56" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635934
6359952003-03-08 13:08 57° 46' 3" N  5° 58' 36" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635995
6360342003-03-11 09:40 54° 33' 53" N  5° 7' 50" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 636034
6361022003-03-14 16:54 53° 44' 25" N  4° 14' 7" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 636102
6263162003-03-15 09:48 54° 4' 30" N  4° 0' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626316
6263282003-03-15 12:17 54° 21' 40" N  3° 50' 11" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626328
6356452003-03-01 06:54 58° 49' 8" N  3° 45' 44" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635645
6356822003-03-02 06:28 59° 16' 16" N  6° 23' 17" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635682
6360222003-03-11 07:04 54° 43' 7" N  5° 40' 47" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 636022
6360582003-03-11 14:31 54° 15' 6" N  5° 22' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 636058
6361142003-03-14 19:51 53° 46' 43" N  3° 42' 9" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 636114
6263652003-03-16 10:58 55° 8' 41" N  9° 22' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626365
6263892003-03-16 19:18 54° 36' 5" N  10° 19' 8" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626389
6264212003-03-17 12:57 54° 29' 17" N  9° 30' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626421
6357252003-03-03 06:56 58° 3' 37" N  8° 48' 49" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635725
6358172003-03-04 20:47 55° 50' 43" N  9° 0' 23" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635817
6359712003-03-08 07:03 58° 23' 25" N  5° 39' 57" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635971
6360092003-03-09 11:48 55° 17' 6" N  5° 11' 5" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 636009
6263042003-03-15 07:36 54° 3' 50" N  3° 36' 51" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626304
6263532003-03-15 16:07 54° 37' 1" N  4° 2' 55" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626353
6264332003-03-17 15:32 54° 28' 1" N  8° 55' 32" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626433
6265012003-03-21 10:55 58° 46' 59" N  6° 7' 19" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626501
6356942003-03-02 10:43 58° 49' 20" N  6° 18' 13" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635694
6357862003-03-04 10:16 56° 36' 58" N  8° 29' 30" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635786
6358302003-03-05 14:13 55° 50' 1" N  8° 22' 16" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635830
6358912003-03-06 18:07 56° 38' 10" N  7° 21' 1" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635891
6359462003-03-07 17:37 58° 22' 56" N  5° 58' 36" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635946
6359582003-03-07 20:38 58° 35' 51" N  5° 37' 44" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635958
6263772003-03-16 14:35 55° 11' 48" N  10° 2' 58" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626377
6264822003-03-20 19:29 58° 23' 32" N  5° 38' 59" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626482
6357492003-03-03 11:38 57° 44' 11" N  9° 5' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635749
6358662003-03-06 11:39 56° 25' 8" N  6° 45' 29" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635866
6360102003-03-09 14:26 55° 27' 38" N  4° 49' 18" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 636010
6360462003-03-11 11:55 54° 20' 58" N  4° 56' 57" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 636046
6360712003-03-11 21:12 54° 1' 41" N  5° 44' 20" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 636071
6357132003-03-02 18:20 58° 16' 10" N  7° 21' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635713
6358422003-03-05 21:13 55° 28' 10" N  7° 31' 42" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635842
6359222003-03-07 12:46 57° 54' 45" N  6° 11' 54" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635922
6264572003-03-20 11:11 57° 59' 50" N  5° 47' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626457
6264702003-03-20 17:10 58° 26' 15" N  6° 2' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626470
6264942003-03-21 07:34 58° 32' 39" N  5° 32' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 626494
6357372003-03-03 08:45 58° 4' 3" N  9° 1' 3" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635737
6358782003-03-06 16:08 56° 27' 42" N  7° 28' 35" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635878
6359102003-03-07 07:02 57° 9' 12" N  6° 57' 36" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 635910
6360832003-03-12 07:59 53° 46' 52" N  5° 33' 6" W  View metadata report for BODC series reference number 636083