FRV Scotia 2/57
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/57 |
| Cruise period | 1957-03-07 — 1957-03-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | Hydrography, plankton & trawling surveys.
Echo-sounding. |
| Chief scientist | Jake H Fraser (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: A number of temperature measurements were collected throughout the cruise. No. of measurements not noted. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Description: A number of plankton samples were collected throughout the cruise. Catches tended to be poor. No. of samples not noted. |
| Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton samples were collected throughout the cruise. Catches tended to be poor. No. of samples not noted. |
| Demersal fish | Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise. Some good catches of haddock and whiting were obtained. No. of trawls not noted. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Description: The echo-sounder was run almost continuously, but showed very few traces. No. of deployments not known. |
