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FRV Goldseeker 12/77

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FRV Goldseeker (74GO)
Cruise identifier12/77
Cruise period1977-12-05 — 1977-12-22
StatusCompleted
Port of departureBuckie, United Kingdom
Port of returnAberdeen, United Kingdom
Objectives1. To carry out an echosounder and midwater trawling survey for sprats in the Moray Firth.
2. To relate the distribution of sprats to spatial variation in temperature, salinity and turbidity.
Chief scientistRoger S Bailey (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Cruise reportFRV Goldseeker 12/77 cruise report goldseeker12_77.pdf (0.09 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificMoray Firth
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Transparency (eg transmissometer)
Biology and fisheries 
Acoustic reflection on marine organisms.Description: echosounder survey for sprats.