FRV Goldseeker 1/71
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
| Cruise identifier | 1/71 |
| Cruise period | 1971-02-03 — 1971-02-11 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | 1. To test the performance of a specially-designed fine mesh shrimp trawl.
2. To investigate the distribution, abundance and biology of Pandalus spp. in the Moray Firth. 3. To obtain data on the stock composition of Nephrops and of the associated white fish species. 4. To take temperature readings and plankton hauls. |
| Chief scientist | F Godfrey Howard (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | North of Buckie |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: daily surface temperature readings (reported as constant 7.25C) |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: 70mm prawn trawl north of Buckie. No Nephrops but a good haul of Pandalus montagui and white fish. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: 70mm prawn trawl north of Buckie. No Nephrops but a good haul of Pandalus montagui and white fish. |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: 70mm prawn trawl north of Buckie. No Nephrops but a good haul of Pandalus montagui and white fish. |
