Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
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Cruise identifier | 2/66 |
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Cruise period | 1966-03-27 — 1966-04-17 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) Hydrographic Stations
2) Parachute drogue tracking
3) Sampling in areas of Herring traces by Herring trawl and tagging |
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Chief scientist | John H Steele (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.12 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Stavanger, Ustera Patch, |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | |
CTD stations | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 6 Description: sampling the stock by herring trawl at Ustera Patch. |
Taggings | Quantity: number of samples = 5157 Description: Herring tagged using 3323 Scottish Combination tags, 1640 Internal tags, 194 spaghetti tags |