FRV Explorer 5A/68
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 5A/68 |
| Cruise period | 1968-06-13 — 1968-06-18 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) Fish capture experiments using detachable codends
2) Fish specimens were collect by Dr Pytler for the University of Stirling 3) 17 of the medium haddock and 2 gurnards were transported to the Marine aquarium. The remainder of the catch were killed for further examination 4) A number of stomachs from the fish were obtained for a digestion experiment 5) A stimulated tagged fish release experiment was carried out |
| Chief scientist | Rodney Jones (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.31 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | SE of Aberdeen |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: 17 hour duration codend trawl.310 haddock, 2 cod, 1 whiting, 2 lemon soles, 2 gurnards were caught. 20 haddock, 2 cod and the whiting were examined internally. |
