{"id":2653,"date":"2014-11-28T17:45:38","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T17:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scotland.gov.uk\/coastal-monitoring\/?p=2653"},"modified":"2018-04-13T10:14:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T09:14:39","slug":"mrv-scotia-survey-2214a-cruise-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2014\/11\/28\/mrv-scotia-survey-2214a-cruise-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"MRV Scotia: Survey 2214A \u2013 Cruise Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong> 28 November \u2013 05 December 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Loading:<\/strong> Fraserburgh, 26 November 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sailing: <\/strong>Fraserburgh, 28 November 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unloading:<\/strong> Leith, 5 December 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sampling gear:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BT 158 with 50 mm cod-end<\/li>\n<li>2 m beam trawl with 50 mm cod-end<\/li>\n<li>Day grab and table<\/li>\n<li>Catamaran and manta neuston net<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To undertake flatfish and sediment sampling in St Andrews Bay, Outer Firth of Forth and Forth estuary in support of the Clean Seas Environment Monitoring Programme (OSPAR and MSFD).<\/li>\n<li>To undertake sample preparation for subsequent eco-toxicological analyses.<\/li>\n<li>To collect sediment samples from the Forth estuary on behalf of SEPA and for the Quasimeme proficiency testing scheme.<\/li>\n<li>To undertake survey of sea-surface litter in surface waters of the Scottish east coast.<\/li>\n<li>Adventitious sampling of fish and shellfish for microplastics.<\/li>\n<li>To survey the fish assemblage of the Forth estuary on behalf of SEPA.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Procedure:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fishing and scientific gear will be loaded in Fraserburgh prior to <em>Alba na Mara<\/em> sailing on 28 November. Flounder and five sediment stations will be sampled in St Andrews Bay, dab and five sediment stations in the outer Firth of Forth and flounder sampled in the Forth estuary. The neuston manta trawl will be deployed during passage from Fraserburgh to the Forth estuary. This net is to be towed at five knots, or less, for 30-90 minutes in order to collect and sample microplastics floating on the sea surface.<\/p>\n<p>Further sediments will be collected from the lower Forth estuary for SEPA and bulk sediment collected for the Quasimeme proficiency testing scheme. Two SEPA staff will join the vessel and investigate the fish assemblage of the Forth estuary on the penultimate day of the survey. This will require the vessel to make a suitable port call for the evening of 3 December.<\/p>\n<p>On completion of this survey, passage will be made to Leith from where all scientific gear and samples will be transferred to MSS (Aberdeen)\/SEPA as required.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/11\/Survey-2214A-Forth-Estuary.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2654 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2014\/11\/Survey-2214A-Forth-Estuary.jpg\" alt=\"Survey 2214A Forth Estuary\" width=\"448\" height=\"290\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 448px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 448\/290;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duration: 28 November \u2013 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&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-mss","category-research-vessel-surveys"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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