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FRV Clupea 10/66
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 10/66 |
Cruise period | 1966-10-10 — 1966-10-21 |
Status | Completed |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1) Routine trawling survey for 0+1 group herring in the Moray Firth
2) Temperatures and salinities were taken at surface and near bottom, and plankton samples were obtained with Gulf III hauls at each station of the trawling survey |
Chief scientist | Ian G Baxter (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.06 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Specific | Moray Firth |
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Mammals and reptiles | Quantity: number of specimens = 1 Description: Porbeagle shark |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: activity duration in days = 9 Description: Trawling survey for herring. Additional trawl hauls were made during the last two days of the cruise to provide supplimentary data on the herring concentrations. Some sprat and whiting were also obtained from the catches |