FRV Scotia 8/66
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/66 |
| Cruise period | 1966-10-04 — 1966-10-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Strong winds prevented work at Fladen so work was conducted in Moray Firth instead. |
| Chief scientist | James Mason (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: current indicators |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Total - N | Quantity: number of stations = 1 Description: 10 depth samples |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 3 Description: standard, sedimentation and 1m oblique samples taken |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 3 Description: standard, sedimentation and 1m oblique samples taken |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 68 Description: nephrops study |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 68 Description: instumentation tests on Nephrops trawl |
| Gear research | Description: tension measurements on Gulf III sampler |
