Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name | Starcrest |
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Cruise period | 1986-06-30 — 1986-07-30 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To carry out a programme of herring tagging in the northern North Sea using purse seine caught herring and tagging with "Floy" T tags.
2. To carry out a tagging mortality experiment using magnetic microtags with herring held in the ships RSW tanks.
3. To transport live herring to Loch Ewe for use in sonar experiments at the Loch Duich site. |
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Chief scientist | John A Morrison (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.11 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 26 Description: A number of hauls were made with the purse seine and over 14600 herring were tagged. |
Gear research | Quantity: number of specimens = 100 Description: A number of herring were tagged using magnetic microwire tags. Only 4 herring died in the time period. |