FRV Explorer 8B/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 8B/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-10-06 — 1976-10-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Greenock, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To carry out herring larval surveys off the west coast of Scotland and north coast of Ireland
2) An echo intergrator survey was carried out Scientific staff joined the cruise at Greenock. The ship remained sheltered from bad weather in Brodick Bay from the 06/10/1976 till the 07/10/1976. The ship had to land a sick member of crew in Stornoway on the 13/10/1976 and remained in port till the 19/10/1976 awaiting a crew replacement. |
| Chief scientist | Ian G Baxter (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | W of Isley, Minch, N coast of Scotland, W of Lewis and Harris, W of Uist and Barra, Barra Head, N coast of Ireland |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 382 Description: made with the Dutch Gulf III high-speed sampler (data from both parts of cruise) |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Description: (data from both parts of cruise) |
