FRV Goldseeker 6/75
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/75 |
| Cruise period | 1975-06-16 — 1975-07-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | To undertake comparative fishing experiments with a standard (70 mm mesh) Nephrops trawl cod-end (A), and a Nephrops trawl and cod-end of 50 mm throughout (B). Surface temperatures were recorded |
| Chief scientist | C Davidson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | North-east of Craig Leith |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of specimens = 21010 Description: 11309 Nephrops taken by 70mm mesh trawl, 9701 taken by 50mm mesh trawl. 13839 males and 7171 females caught. 64 females were berried |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 42 Description: 22 trawls made with a standard (70mm mesh) Nephrops trawl cod-end, and 20 with a Nephrops trawl and cod-end of 50mm were made daily |
