FRV Goldseeker 8/72
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Goldseeker (74GO) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/72 |
| Cruise period | 1972-08-07 — 1972-09-01 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To investigate the stocks of nephrops in the Moray Firth.
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 | James A Sinclair (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 13 Description: T surface only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 27 Description: also bottom trawls,scallop dredge hauls and creels |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 27 Description: also bottom trawls,scallop dredge hauls and creels |
