Shemaron
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Shemaron |
| Cruise period | 1990-02-19 — 1990-10-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Objectives | Joint cruise with Coral Strand.
Aims: 1. To tag spring spawning herring in the Clyde using Floy T tags. 2. To carry out biological sampling to establish the age and racial structure of the fish being tagged. |
| Chief scientist | John A Morrison (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Clyde Estuary |
| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Description: biological sampling of herring to determine age and racial structure of the fish being tagged. |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 6500 Description: herring tagged at 22 locations, with approximately one third being judged to be spring spawners. |
