138 returned results for 'MRV Scotia'

  • MRV Scotia: Survey 0815S Programme

    Herring Survey Programme Duration: 25 June – 14 July 2015 Sampling Gear: Midwater trawls PT160; Multisampling pelagic cod-end with one fine mesh cod-end; Seabird 19plus CTD; GoPro cameras x 2 with underwater housings and lights; Scanmar trawl eye sensor; and Towed Hydrophone array. Objectives: To conduct an acoustic survey to estimate the abundance and distribution…

    14th June 2015

  • MRV Scotia: Survey 0515S Programme

    Duration: 25 April – 8 May 2015 Gear: Sea-Bird CTDs, ADCPs and current meter instrumentation, temperature mini-loggers, water filtering equipment, fridge and freezer (UoA’s), centrifuge equipment (HWU), bacteria sampling equipment (HWU), sediment sampling equipment (UoA), mooring equipment, recovery trawl, glider, sediment grabs (Hammon and Day), and sediment corers (MSS and UoA). Objectives: Test the CTD…

    1st May 2015

  • MRV Scotia: Survey 0415A – Cruise Programme

    Duration: 7 – 20 April 2015 Gear: Jackson BT 195 monkfish bottom trawl; 400mm x 45.7m Rockhopper ground gear with tickler chain; 2 x sets of Morgere Ovalfoil OF12 1700 Kg trawl doors; and Net sensors; standard Scanmar sensors, bottom contact sensor and depth / temperature logger (DST). Objective: To undertake a nationally co-ordinated demersal…

    25th March 2015

  • MRV Scotia: Survey 2214A – Cruise Programme

    Duration: 28 November – 05 December 2014 Loading: Fraserburgh, 26 November 2014 Sailing: Fraserburgh, 28 November 2014 Unloading: Leith, 5 December 2014 Sampling gear: BT 158 with 50 mm cod-end 2 m beam trawl with 50 mm cod-end Day grab and table Catamaran and manta neuston net Objectives: To undertake flatfish and sediment sampling in…

    28th November 2014

  • MRV Scotia: Survey 1914S – Cruise Programme

    Duration: 7 – 22 December 2014 Loading: Aberdeen, 4 December 2014 Unloading: Aberdeen, 22 December 2014 Fishing Gear: Sea-Bird CTD/Carousel, sledge with OPC and CTD, day grab, Hammon grab Objectives  Perform routine hydrographic sampling at stations along the long term monitoring JONSIS section in the northern North Sea. Perform routine hydrographic sampling at stations along the…

    17th November 2014

  • MRV Scotia: Survey 1814S – Cruise Programme

    Duration: 13 November – 4 December 2014 Loading: Aberdeen 10 November 2014 Departure: Aberdeen 13 November 2014 Half Landing: Greenock (24 or 25) November (flexible) Unloading: Aberdeen 4 December 2014 Fishing Gear: GOV Trawl (BT137 – Strengthened) and ground gear D. Objectives: To participate in the ICES co-ordinated western division demersal trawling survey. To obtain…

    7th November 2014

  • MRV Scotia: Survey 1714S – Cruise Programme

    Duration: 28 October – 10 November 2014 Gear:  Sonardyne Scout Plus USBL Sonardyne omni-directional transponder TV drop frame with lasers, SEA LED lights and wiring harness Kongsberg 14-408 digital camera system (X2) Kongsberg 14-208 digital camera system Kongsberg 14-366 TV camera system SUBC 1-CAM Alpha HD camera system Net-sonde cable VMUX controller 450m polyurethane cable…

    29th October 2014

  • MRV Scotia: 1514S and 1614S – Mackerel surveys

    Loading: Aberdeen, 8 October 2014, Departure: Aberdeen, 11 October 2014 Arrival and unloading: Aberdeen, 23 October 2014 Sampling Gear Midwater trawl PT160 x 2 Edgetech broadband towed system Seabird 911 CTD Go-pro camera system with additional sensors (depth, temp, attitude etc) Towed hydrophone array Overall Objectives To investigate the use of a broadband system as a…

    8th October 2014

  • MRV Scotia: Survey 1114S – Groundfish Survey

    Overview of survey The MRV Scotia will sail on the morning of Thursday 31July. The first station is located not far from Aberdeen so once the safety drills have been completed, the Scotia will proceed to the first station where a shakedown haul will be completed in advance of the first real haul in order…

    4th August 2014

  • MRV Scotia Survey 0814S – Herring Acoustic Survey Complete

    MRV Scotia has now completed the annual HERAS ( HERring Acoustic Survey), returning to Aberdeen on 17 July 2014. HERAS is an International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) co-ordinated survey with five countries taking a “snapshot” of herring stocks with coverage from the southern North Sea to north of Shetland and down…

    31st July 2014