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FRV Clupea 10/65
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
Cruise identifier | 10/65 |
Cruise period | 1965-11-08 — 1965-11-20 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1) Haddock were caught on handlines and fished from FRV Mara and/or small boat
2) Haddock were held at the surface for certain periods beofre they were taken down in polythene bags by diver and put into a bottom cage 3) Attempts were made to listen to this fish from the anchored ship, and a 24 hour monitoring cycle was established 4) An analysis was made of the survial of the haddock that had undergone the pressure change Clupea sailed for Lock Airnort arrving on the 16/11/1965 being delayed in Inverness due to engine trouble |
Chief scientist | Colin J Chapman (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.10 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
Specific | Loch Ainort, Skye |
Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 12 Description: A small line with 40 hooks was shot in the vicinity of the bottom cages deployed at 120 ft depth. Haddock were removed from the hooks and brought to the surface in polythene bags |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 40 Description: Haddock caught on handlines fished from FRV Mara and/or small boat were held at the surface for periods of between 1 and 4 hours before they were taken down in polythene bags by diver and put into a bottom cage. |