Prosperity
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Prosperity |
| Cruise period | 1984-04-16 — 1984-04-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Gairloch, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Gairloch, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To obtain ripe herring eggs
2. To investigate the distribution of herring off Melvaig and collect biological samples. |
| Chief scientist | Mike R Heath (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: At the Hydrographic/Plankton stations salinity and temperature samples were collected. No. of samples not noted. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 12 Description: A number of trawls were made with the Nephrops trawl fitted with a codend. However only 4 hauls provided a good catch of herring. |
| Demersal fish | Description: Otoliths were collected from a number of demersal species. Eggs were also collected for analysis. No. of samples not noted. |
