FRV Clupea 0873C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0873C |
| Cruise period | 1973-08-08 — 1973-08-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an echosounder and midwater trawling survey for sprats and young herring in the Moray Firth, adjacent areas of the North Sea, and if time permits the area north-west of Orkney.
2. To carry out a plankton survey for sprat larvae. 3. To investigate diurnal variation in behaviour and feeding of sprats and young herring. |
| Chief scientist | Roger S Bailey (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | north-west of Orkney, Moray Firth. |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 84 |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 8 Description: population survey |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: deep scattering layers |
