Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 5/62 |
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Cruise period | 1962-04-27 — 1962-05-25 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Fisheries |
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Objectives | Hydrography, plankton, trawling and echo-sounding. |
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Chief scientist | George McPherson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.10 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: temperature |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton | Description: Gulf III samples |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of experiments = 9 Description: feeding |
Zooplankton | Description: Gulf III samples |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 Description: Vinge trawl, 20 herring caught |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Single-beam echosounding | Description: to locate herring traces |