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A further 10 survey hauls were completed off the east coast of Scotland using ground gear “A” before the vessel worked towards the Moray Firth region where trawling continued

With all scheduled trawling stations attempted, Scotia left the Rockall sea area at 1800hrs on the 14 th and made way for the first trawling station on the west of Scotland sector

Scotia completed the revised line at 2030 hours on Friday 12 December when the vessel was made secure for passage to Aberdeen in a heavy swell and gale force winds.. Scotia docked

However, at this stage some protection from the gales was offered by the Scottish coast and Scotia managed to complete the survey before docking in Aberdeen at 2400 hours on Sunday

A total of 152 plankton stations (see Figure. 1) and 21 calibration stations were collected during the cruise with the Gulf VII. All samples were sorted for fish eggs during the

Ground truth identification of the mackerel echotraces proved far more successful than in the previous (2002) survey: both the PT170 and PT160 (with the larger doors) were able

Poor weather prevented the last trawl sample being taken and the vessel was forced to shelter off Fraserburgh on Friday evening.. The vessel returned to Aberdeen the following

Sampling some 281 individual Monkfish for a total live weight of 590 kgs and 269 Megrim for a live weight of 95 kgs from within the Eastern survey area. A further 3 hauls