FRV Scotia 5/49
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/49 |
| Cruise period | 1949-04-25 — 1949-05-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Aims:
1. Hydrographic and plankton surveys of section A of the ICES programme, and of a section from south Iceland to the Sound of Harris. 2. Trawling surveys of the western Faroes and southern Iceland grounds. |
| Chief scientist | Basil B Parrish (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.38 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Specific | Hebrides-Faroe-Iceland Iceland-Hebrides section. |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: Temperature, salinity and oxygen samples were collected throughout the cruise. No. of samples not noted. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Description: Temperature, salinity and oxygen samples were collected throughout the cruise. No. of samples not noted. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Description: A number of zooplankton samples were collected throughout the cruise. No. of samples not noted. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise. Scales and otoliths were collected from some of the caught fish. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise. Scales and otoliths were collected from some of the caught fish. |
