Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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| Cruise identifier | 1/61 |
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| Cruise period | 1961-02-07 — 1961-02-21 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Grangemouth, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Fisheries |
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| Objectives | Firth of Forth Nephrops survey.
Montrose Bay pollution stations.
Herring surveys and trawls. |
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| Chief scientist | George McPherson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.19 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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| Track charts | (0.09 MB) |
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| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: Vinge trawl: haddock, whiting and whitefish |
| Geology and geophysics | |
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| Single-beam echosounding | Description: plume traces of adult herring seen |