FRV Scotia 9/55
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 9/55 |
| Cruise period | 1955-10-01 — 1955-10-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | 1. To study the use of the Kingfisher echosounder as a means of detecting white-fish and to estimate their vertical distribution.
2. To use the "pick-a-back" trawl to examine the vertical distribution of white-fish near the bottom by day and by night. 3. To obtain information on the incidence of Lernaea in Gadoids. |
| Chief scientist | W Dickson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Benthic bacteria/micro-organisms | Description: A survey for lernaea took place during the cruise. Very little infaction was found. No. of samples not noted. |
| Demersal fish | Description: A number of trawls took place during the cruise. No. of trawls not noted. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Description: The echo-sounder was used throughout the cruise. Yet due to small fish catches almost no marks were recorded. No. of deployments not noted. |
