FRV Scotia 5/65
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/65 |
| Cruise period | 1965-06-02 — 1965-06-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Cruise programme was changed shortly before commencement and the Nephrops survey was transferred to cruise 6/65. The ship sailed to work on the herring-environmental stations in the Skagerrak and in the Norwegian Deeps. The herring survey was nearly completed but several stations had to abandoned due to bad weather. A trawling survey was undertaken but weather conditions made it difficult. |
| Chief scientist | Zbigniew Kabata (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.17 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 79 Description: samples collected |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 79 Description: samples collected |
| Nitrate | Quantity: number of stations = 79 Description: samples collected |
| Silicate | Quantity: number of stations = 79 Description: samples collected |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | |
| Phytoplankton | Description: plankton indicator samples at every station |
| Zooplankton | |
| Zooplankton | Description: plankton indicator samples at every station |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 32 Description: trawls including: mainly haddock, elasmobranchs and few whiting |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 32 Description: trawls including: cod and flatfish very scarce |
