FRV Scotia 8/53
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/53 |
| Cruise period | 1953-09-15 — 1953-09-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | Hydrography, plankton, trawling & echo-sounding. |
| Chief scientist | Richard B Burns (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.28 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 60 Description: A number of temperature and salinity measurements were collected throughout the cruise. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 185 Description: A number of plankton hauls were made during the cruise. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 15 Description: A number of trawls made during the cruise. The main catches were haddock and whiting. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 15 Description: A number of trawls made during the cruise. The main catches were haddock and whiting. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: number of surveys = 1 Description: An echosounder survey took place during the cruise, the stylus failed to mark correctly. |
