Vigilant 70

Cruise plan

Cruise Info.
Ship name	Vigilant
Cruise identifier	70
Cruise period	1970-06-09 — 1970-06-11
Status	Completed
Purpose	Research
Objectives	Part of cruise FRS Clupea 6/70 Taggings 64 miles W * N of Muckle Flugga. Live fish were obtained by keep net from a catch made by MV 'Heritage' 60 miles W*N Ramna Stacks.
Chief scientist	George McPherson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), Martin Walsh (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Ocean/sea areas
General	North Sea
Specific	Fishing Grounds off Flugga
Measurements
Biology and fisheries
Taggings	Quantity: number of specimens = 228 Description: 224 herring and 4 mackerel were tagged from the haul made by MV Heritage using Scottish combination tags
Taggings	Quantity: number of specimens = 236 Description: Herring tagged from 1 haul