FRV Scotia 7/65
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 7/65 |
| Cruise period | 1965-07-29 — 1965-08-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Transporting live plaice from the Isle of Man to Kentra Bay to to Loch Ewe. A Butt-Faroe line of hydrographic stations were commenced but bad weather forced the discontinuation of the line.
The cruise was curtailed by the illness and subsequent death of one of the crew, Mr G. Paterson. |
| Chief scientist | Rodney Jones (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 544 Description: haddock |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Bottom photography | Description: nephrops |
