Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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| Cruise identifier | 1/64 |
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| Cruise period | 1964-02-10 — 1964-02-21 |
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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 | The objectives of this cruise were:
a) to make further observations on diurnal variations in catches
b) to obtain further mesh selection data for Ulstron cod-ends of plaited and twisted twin construction
c) to compare catches made using 5 fathoms sweeps with catches using 50 fathoms sweeps. |
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| Chief scientist | William B Hall (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.09 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
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| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 36 Description: trawls including: haddock and whiting |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 36 Description: trawls including: common dab |