FRV Scotia 5/64
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/64 |
| Cruise period | 1964-07-04 — 1964-07-31 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Granton, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Sampling of Norway lobster stocks and plankton and hydrographic investigations undertaken in the Firth of Clyde, Sound of Jura, South Minch, Inner Minch, North Minch, Noup Deep, Moray Firth and the Firth of Forth. |
| Chief scientist | Harold J Thomas (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.13 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: samples taken |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: samples taken from standard depths |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: current indicators |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Description: plankton samples |
| Zooplankton | Description: plankton samples |
| Pelagic fish | Description: most common white fish: herring, haddock, hake and whiting |
| Demersal fish | Description: most common white fish: plaice, cod, lemon sole, megrim and witch |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of specimens = 51000 Description: nephrops measured and classified |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 4700 Description: nephrops |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: cod examined for nematodes |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: stomach contents of white fish examined |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Bottom photography |
