FRV Scotia 7/66
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 7/66 |
| Cruise period | 1966-09-03 — 1966-09-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Herring larval survey but poor weather conditions.
Students from Aberdeen University came aboard to carry out a programme of hydrographic and biological sampling the Dog Hole and Buchan Deep. |
| Chief scientist | Richard B Burns (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: throughout cruise |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: throughout cruise |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: number of stations = 4 Description: drift indicators liberated |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 60 Description: plankton indicator |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 60 Description: plankton indicator |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 93 Description: Gulf III sampler |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 93 Description: Gulf III sampler, herring larvae |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: prawn trawl, mostly whiting |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: prawn trawl, mostly long rough dab |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: prawn trawl, mostly nephrops caught |
