Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Explorer (74EX) |
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Cruise identifier | 3/73 |
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Cruise period | 1973-04-03 — 1973-04-11 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) Trawling offshore grounds in the Bressay Bank, Old Viking Bank, Witch Ground, and east of Turbot Bank area
2) Live fish codends of various designs and material were tested
3) Collections of stomachs and otoliths were made from a number of species
4) Live fish were brought back for the aquarium |
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Chief scientist | J A Gauld (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory), John R G Hislop (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.05 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Bressay Bank, Old Viking Bank, Witch Ground, east of Turbot Bank area |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 1235 Description: 85 cod, 783 haddock, 11 whiting, 256 saithe, 100 squalus acanthias |