FRV Goldseeker 6/72
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/72 |
| Cruise period | 1972-06-13 — 1972-06-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Troon, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To investigate the stocks of Nephrops in the Firth of Clyde.
2. To study Nephrops predators. 3. To beam trawl for small Nephrops. 4. To investigate the stocks of Pandalus. 5. To take daily surface temperature readings. |
| Chief scientist | F Godfrey Howard (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 12 Description: T surface only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: 11 |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 46 Description: 25 popul.surveys and 21 expl.fishing |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 46 Description: 25 popul.surveys and 21 expl.fishing |
