Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 2/60 |
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Cruise period | 1960-02-26 — 1960-04-13 |
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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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Purpose | Fisheries |
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Objectives | Hydrography, plankton, trawling and productivity surveys. |
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Chief scientist | Alan Saville (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.20 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: surface observations at all stations |
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: mid-water and bottom observations at all stations |
Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of recoveries = 25 Description: drift indicators |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Primary productivity | Description: productivity work |
Phytoplankton | Description: a few tow net and standard net samples taken |
Zooplankton | Description: a few tow net and standard net samples taken |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 42 Description: Vinge trawl: whiting, haddock, herring and hake |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 42 Description: Vinge trawl: cod |
Crustaceans | Quantity: number of stations = 42 Description: Vinge trawl: nephrops |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: cod examined for parasites |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Single-beam echosounding | Description: run continuously during trawling survey |