FRV Explorer 5A/69
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 5A/69 |
| Cruise period | 1969-08-20 — 1969-09-01 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | 1) Tests with the otterboard instrument set were carried out using a midwater trawl in the Bjorne Fiord
The ship docked in Bergen from the 22/08/1969 until the 23/08/1969 to receive a modified otterboard instrument set by CIIR (Oslo) and a scientist joined to from the institue to take part in the subsequent trials. Short breaks in Bergen were made on the 25/08/1969 and the 27/08/1969 to land members of the crew and clarify terms of the fishing permit. The ship arrived in Aberdeen on the 29/08/1969 to land an ill stoker, and was delayed due to generator troubles. ''Explorer'' sailed on the 01/09/1969 to undergo a short series of tests in the Buchan Deeps and docked later that day. |
| Chief scientist | D N MacLennan (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.26 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Bjorne Fiord, Buchan Deeps |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Description: logging instrument data on computer; underwater instuments when trawling |
| Gear research | Description: gear tests on bottom trawl |
| Gear research | Description: suberkrub otterboards to check instrumentation on mid-water trawl |
