FRV Scotia 5/58
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/58 |
| Cruise period | 1958-05-30 — 1958-06-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | Hydro-plankton survey.
Halibut tagging. |
| Chief scientist | Alasdair D McIntyre (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.33 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Butt-Faroe line and the Fladen ground |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Description: A number of plankton hauls were made thorughout the cruise. No. of hauls were made throughout the cruise. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 48 Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise. Good catches of halibut were made and 638 were tagged. A number of cod were caught and their stomach contents sampled. |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of hauls = 48 Description: A number of trawls were made throughout the cruise. Good catches of halibut were made and 638 were tagged. A number of cod were caught and their stomach contents sampled. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of images = 120 Description: The underwater camera was deployed and a number of images collected. |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Description: The echo-sounder was run throughout the cruise. No. of deployments not noted. |
