FRV Scotia 3/60
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 3/60 |
| Cruise period | 1960-04-27 — 1960-05-13 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Hydrography, plankton, trawling and echo-sounding surveys.
Firth of Forth Nephrops survey. |
| Chief scientist | Alan Saville (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Firth of Forth, Clyde. |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: temperature and salinity samples taken |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: temperature and salinity samples taken |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 150 Description: plankton |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 150 Description: plankton |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: herring, whiting, sprats and hake |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: witches and G. esmarkii |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of stations = 3 Description: nephrops survey |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: nephrops |
| Gear research | Description: trials with the Icelandic High Speed Sampler in enclosed and shallow waters |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding |
