FRV Scotia 9/50
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 9/50 |
| Cruise period | 1950-08-31 — 1950-09-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Trawling, hydrography and plankton surveys from Faroe to Iceland. |
| Chief scientist | Jake H Fraser (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Faroe-Iceland |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: A number of temperature, phosphate and oxygen measurements were collected. No. of measurements not noted. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Description: A number of temperature, phosphate and oxygen measurements were collected. No. of measurements not noted. |
| Phosphate | Description: A number of temperature, phosphate and oxygen measurements were collected. No. of measurements not noted. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton samples were collected throughout the cruise. No. of samples not noted. |
| Pelagic fish | Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise. Numbers of large plaice, lemon sole and young halibut were collected. No. of trawls not noted. |
| Demersal fish | Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise. Numbers of large plaice, lemon sole and young halibut were collected. No. of trawls not noted. |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of deployments = 6 Description: A number of drift nets were shot, but no fish were caught. |
