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Orkney Reiver

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship nameOrkney Reiver
Cruise period1985-02-18 — 1985-02-27
StatusCompleted
Port of departureWestray, United Kingdom
Port of returnAberdeen, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesTo gather trawl codend selection data on haddock and whiting using square and diamond mesh codends with small mesh codend covers
Chief scientistDavid C Emslie (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Cruise reportOrkney Reiver  cruise report orkney_reiver_feb85.pdf (0.02 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Measurements 
Biology and fisheries 
Demersal fishQuantity: number of hauls = 20
Description: 20 miles east of the Fair Isle hauls were completed. 11 were done using a diamond mesh codend and the remaining 9 using a square mesh codend.