FRV Scotia 2/53
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/53 |
| Cruise period | 1953-03-03 — 1953-03-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Productivity survey of four important North Sea areas.
2. Faroe Survey. 3. Sulisker-Fair Isle Survey. |
| Chief scientist | Robert Johnston (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.20 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 measurements were collected during the cruise. No. of measurements not noted. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 9 Description: A number of plankton hauls were made thoughout the cruise, with catches being extremely poor. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise, one catch empty, the other catch very poor. |
