FRV Explorer 8B/79
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
| Cruise identifier | 8B/79 |
| Cruise period | 1979-08-17 — 1979-08-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To carry out an acoutstic and trawling survey for herring in the Shetland area and off the north east coast of England as part of an ICES coordinated survey
2) An intensive intergrator survey was carried out between Hartlepool and Flamborough Head |
| Chief scientist | Ian G Baxter (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (2.88 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | NE coast of England, Hartlepools, Flamborough Head, Bayman's Hole |
| Track charts | (1.32 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Description: using a BT103 bottom trawl fitted with a 20mm cod end for biomass determination. Herring caught |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. |
