Hercules Leg 1
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Hercules |
| Cruise identifier | Leg 1 |
| Cruise period | 1989-05-30 — 1989-06-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | St. Margaret's Hope, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | St. Margaret's Hope, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To survey underexploited bivalve species in Orkney, the Outer Hebrides and the Scottish West Coast south of Kyle of Lochalsh. |
| Chief scientist | David W McKay (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Orkney Area; Scapa Flow, Wyre, Gairsay Area, Inganess Bay, Deerness |
| Track charts | (0.03 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of hauls = 144 Description: A number of hauls were made during the cruise. It was founf the concentrations of the target species were widely distributed. |
