FRV Clupea 8/69
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/69 |
| Cruise period | 1969-07-03 — 1969-07-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1) Herring tagging in the north-western North Sea from purse seine catches
2) Sonar practice with targets was carried out in sheltered inshore waters |
| 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 | Shetland fishing grounds. |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of measurements = 6 Description: The purse seine was shot at the Shetland herring fishing grounds. Small catches of haddock were obtained. |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 5 Description: Herring caught and tagged between Fetlar and Out Skerries |
