Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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| Cruise identifier | 2/54 |
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| Cruise period | 1954-03-13 — 1954-04-02 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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| Objectives | Hydrography and plankton survey. |
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| Chief scientist | John H Steele (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
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| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
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| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: A number of temperature measurements were collected during the cruise.
No. of measurements not noted. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton hauls took place during the cruise, some clupeoid larvae was also caught.
No. of hauls not noted. |
| Eggs and larvae | Description: A number of plankton hauls took place during the cruise, some clupeoid larvae was also caught.
No. of hauls not noted. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
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| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: An echosounder survey took place, but a fault developed during the cruise. |