FRV Scotia 3/61
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 3/61 |
| Cruise period | 1961-05-10 — 1961-05-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Hydrography, plankton, trawling and productivity surveys. |
| Chief scientist | Alan Saville (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Description: surface and bottom water samples |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Description: Fladen-Rattray line of productivity stations |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: 100 samples |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: whitefish and whiting |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: whitefish, witches and gadoids |
