FRV Scotia 1/53
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 1/53 |
| Cruise period | 1953-02-06 — 1953-02-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Hydrography, plankton & trawling surveys. |
| Chief scientist | Richard B Burns (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.18 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: A number of temperature, salinity, oxygen and phosphate measurements were collected. No. of measurements not noted. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Description: A number of temperature, salinity, oxygen and phosphate measurements were collected. No. of measurements not noted. |
| Phosphate | Description: A number of temperature, salinity, oxygen and phosphate measurements were collected. No. of measurements not noted. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton hauls were made during the cruise. No. of hauls not noted. |
| Pelagic fish | Description: A number of trawls were made during the cruise. Catches of haddock, whiting and flat-fish were made. No. of hauls not noted. |
| Demersal fish | Description: A number of trawls were made during the cruise. Catches of haddock, whiting and flat-fish were made. No. of hauls not noted. |
