Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Scotia (747S) |
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Cruise identifier | 5/68 |
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Cruise period | 1968-06-27 — 1968-07-16 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Fisheries |
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Objectives | Hydrography, plankton and productivity, trawling. |
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Chief scientist | James A Adams (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.20 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of observations = 1 Description: continuous thermograph |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: chlorophyll a |
Zooplankton | Description: Gulf III high speed sampler, 1m 26 net, W.P.2, W.P.3 and multi-depth indicator |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 26 Description: Vinge trawl including haddock, whiting and norway pout |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 26 Description: Vinge trawls including cod, dab and roundfish |
Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 26 Description: Vinge trawls including nephrops |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: round fish stomachs; nematode incidence in cod; live and deep frozen samples collected |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Grab | Description: sediment sample |
Single-beam echosounding | Description: record traces pelagic fish |