1R1/12 Not to be cited without prior reference to the FRS Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen FRV Scotia Cruise 1503C REPORT

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

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

Plankton and water samples were collected using ARIES and a Methot net in the Faroe Shetland Channel... Plankton and hydrographic samples were collected at selected stations in

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

Plankton and hydrographic samples were collected at selected stations in the Northern North Sea, North Atlantic, and Western shelf area, using ARIES and a Methot net... Throughout

Scotia resumed work on the fishing survey on the morning of 30 July and worked west towards the Moray Firth stations.. The vessel then worked northwards, completing stations off the

This and the poor weather encountered later in the cruise prevented sampling of mackerel in the northern part of the survey area.. Biological samples from this area may be

Plankton and water samples were collected over a grid of stations on the Fladen ground using the CTD, ARIES and Dual Methot net systems.. A GOV trawl was deployed at four