FRV Scotia 8/64
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/64 |
| Cruise period | 1964-10-13 — 1964-10-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Granton, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Trawling using the Nephrops trawl in the Moray Firth and the Firth of Forth.
Hydrography and plankton investigations were also undertaken. |
| Chief scientist | James Mason (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: temperature observations |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: temperature observations |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: number of hauls = 80 Description: light levels determined after every haul |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 3 Description: current indicators released |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Description: water samples |
| Phosphate | Description: water samples |
| Nitrate | Description: water samples |
| Silicate | Description: water samples |
| Other chemical oceanographic measurements | Description: water samples for sedimentation and B.O.D determination |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Description: oblique plankton hauls |
| Zooplankton | Description: oblique plankton hauls |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of images = 80 Description: nephrops grounds |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 80 Description: nephrops, shrimps and squid |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Bottom photography | Quantity: number of images = 80 Description: nephrops grounds |
