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FRV Scotia 12/63

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FRV Scotia (747S)
Cruise identifier12/63
Cruise period1963-12-14 — 1963-12-20
StatusCompleted
Port of departureAberdeen, United Kingdom
Port of returnAberdeen, United Kingdom
PurposeFisheries
ObjectivesTrawling.
Chief scientistD Ferrier S Raitt (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Cruise reportFRV Scotia 12/63 cruise report sc12_63.pdf (0.05 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificFladen Ground
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Surface measurements underway (T,S)Quantity: number of stations = 6
Subsurface temperature and salinity measurementsQuantity: number of stations = 6
Biology and fisheries 
PhytoplanktonQuantity: number of hauls = 6
Description: Gulf III plankton samples
ZooplanktonQuantity: number of hauls = 6
Description: Gulf III plankton samples
Pelagic fishQuantity: number of hauls = 6
Description: predominance of haddock and whiting
CrustaceansQuantity: number of hauls = 1
Description: contained 2 baskets of nephrops