FRV Scotia 6/61
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/61 |
| Cruise period | 1961-08-05 — 1961-08-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | The principal objective was the location of concentrations of G. esmakii. These were to be fished with a view to -
1. assessing the catching rates 2. mapping the extent and distribution of the concentration 3. testing for any diurnal variation in availability 4. assessing the extent of the catch of other fish. |
| Chief scientist | D Ferrier S Raitt (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Description: drift bottles released |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Description: Gulf III sampler at all hydrographic stations |
| Zooplankton | Description: Gulf III sampler at all hydrographic stations |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 6 Description: duplicated night and day, Vinge trawl: G. esmarkii (Norway pout) |
| Crustaceans | Description: nephrops survey |
