FRV Clupea 3/66
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 3/66 |
| Cruise period | 1966-04-04 — 1966-04-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a routine trawl survey of 0 + 1 group herring in the Moray Firth.
2. To tag herring from ring net boats working in the upper reaches of the Firth. |
| Chief scientist | Robert A Watt (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Moray Firth |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: sample baskets = 65 Description: 5 baskets of herring obtained from a ringer in the Inverness Firth. 60 baskets of herring caught off Burghead. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: sample baskets = 5 Description: Baskets of herring from the ring net boat caught for tagging |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 580 Description: 231 fish tagged just off the mouth of the Caledonian Canal, 349 caught in the Cromarty Firth were released at Invergordon pier |
