FRV Clupea 2/63
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/63 |
| Cruise period | 1963-02-23 — 1963-03-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Unknown, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a benthos survey of Loch Nevis.
2. To carry out a hydrographic survey of Ballantrae Bank. 3. To sample herring larvae on Ballantrae Bank. 4. To make photographic studies of natural herring populations. 5. To supply live fish to the tanks at Cairnryan. 6. To collect blood samples from fish for blood group studies. 7. To collect stomachs from 50 freshly caught herring for Nottingham Training College. |
| Chief scientist | Robert E Craig (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.07 MB) |
| Cruise report | (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Ballantrae Bank and Loch Nevis |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of surveys = 4 |
| Pelagic fish | Description: Herring survey. |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Description: echo traces for herring. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of images = 2000 |
