FRV Scotia 4/57
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 4/57 |
| Cruise period | 1957-05-07 — 1957-05-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | Hydrography, plankton and trawling surveys. |
| Chief scientist | Alan Saville (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Clyde |
| 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 hauls were made throughout the cruise. The plankton samples were large. No. of hauls not noted. |
| Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton hauls were made throughout the cruise. The plankton samples were large. No. of hauls not noted. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise. Haddock were the dominant catch. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Description: The echo-counder was run continuously throughout the cruise. |
