Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
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Cruise identifier | 10/75 |
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Cruise period | 1975-10-16 — 1975-11-04 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Blyth, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Blyth, United Kingdom |
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Objectives | 1. To investigate the distribution, abundance and biology of Pandalus borealis in the Farn Deeps.
2. To undertake mesh selectivity experiments using a 45 mm mesh shrimp trawl, and codends of 45 mm, 35 mm and 25 mm mesh. |
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Chief scientist | F Godfrey Howard (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.11 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Farne Deep |
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Measurements | |
Contamination | |
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Contaminants in organisms | Description: Frozen samples of Pandalus collected for heavy metal analysis. |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | |
Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 40 Description: Half hour hauls to investigate the distribution, abundance and biology of Pandalus borealis. |
Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 40 Description: Mesh selectivity trials using codends of 45mm, 35mm and 25mm mesh. |