FRV Scotia 9/64
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 9/64 |
| Cruise period | 1964-11-10 — 1964-11-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Current indicators were released on Turbot Bank, east of Wick, in the Moray Firth and in the Orkney and Shetland areas. Hydrography and plankton surveys were also undertaken along with trawling. |
| Chief scientist | David J Symonds (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 27 Description: hydrography |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 27 Description: hydrography |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of stations = 23 Description: drift bottles released |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 27 Description: water samples |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 27 Description: water samples |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 27 Description: water samples |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 27 Description: water samples |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 23 Description: Gulf III samples, selected samplling with 1m and standard nets |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 23 Description: Gulf III samples, selected samplling with 1m and standard nets |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 27 Description: large catches of haddock and whiting |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of samples = 20 Description: whiting gall bladder from each statisical square |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Description: continuous record |
