Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1889 eng dataset Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) +44 (0)300 244 4000 marinescotland@gov.scot pointOfContact 2017-01-30 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Version 2.3.7 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP Scotia Cruise 1607 - Rockall Monkfish and TV survey 2017-01-30 publication Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1889 Scotia departed Aberdeen harbour at 1100 on Saturday 27 October. A scientific meeting was held with all scientific staff on the afternoon of departure. After the long passage to Rockall, Scotia arrived at the site of the first trawl sample at 0815 on Monday 29 October. Scotia then proceeded with the survey, taking samples as planned. On the afternoon of that first day, inspections were made with the TV chariot of sample sites to the north east of Rockall, within those areas proposed as possible for closure to protect coral . This inspection indicated that no coral was present in the area. The survey then proceeded according to plan, shooting approximately four trawl hauls per day. During periods of darkness, the TV chariot was deployed, initially to familiarise the relevant staff and crew in its operation, and ultimately to obtain video footage of anglerfish and deep-water coral. On the evening of Sunday 4 November, special trawl hauls were taken on Byron Bank on the west of Rockall Plateau to catch anglerfish for tagging. Poor weather was then encountered causing some delays and making fishing operations on unknown grounds too risky: several stations were omitted in the northwestern area as a result. The weather deteriorated towards the end of the survey (reaching Beaufort Force 9) such that only two hauls were conducted on Monday 5 November. The continued poor weather did not allow for any further of the planned stations to be sampled in deep water and instead two additional samples were taken on the Rockall Bank. Finally, on the afternoon of Tuesday 6 November, the continued deterioration in the weather (predicted storm force) caused the survey to be abandoned and the vessel was forced to return to Aberdeen a day ahead of schedule. The vessel returned to Aberdeen on the morning of Thursday 8 November. Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) +44 (0)300 244 4000 Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay Edinburgh EH6 6QQ United Kingdom marinescotland@gov.scot pointOfContact Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) +44 (0)300 244 4000 Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay Edinburgh EH6 6QQ United Kingdom marinescotland@gov.scot custodian Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) +44 (0)300 244 4000 Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay Edinburgh EH6 6QQ United Kingdom marinescotland@gov.scot distributor NAFC Marine Centre +44 (0)1595 772000 Port Arthur Scalloway ZE1 0UN United Kingdom nainfo@uhi.ac.uk originator Marine Scotland +44 (0)300 244 4000 1B South, Victoria Quay Edinburgh EH6 6QQ United Kingdom marinescotland@gov.scot originator Scottish Fishermen's Federation (SFF) +44 (0)1224 646944 24 Rubislaw Terrace Aberdeen AB10 1XE United Kingdom sff@sff.co.uk originator Marine Scotland +44 (0)300 244 4000 1B South, Victoria Quay Edinburgh EH6 6QQ United Kingdom marinescotland@gov.scot originator School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen +44 (0)1224 274166 St. Machar Drive Aberdeen AB24 3UU United Kingdom fernandespg@abdn.ac.uk originator Marine Scotland +44 (0)300 244 4000 1B South, Victoria Quay Edinburgh EH6 6QQ United Kingdom marinescotland@gov.scot originator Not Planned Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Fisheries and aquaculture SeaDatanet Parameter Disciplines 2008-05-01 revision Fish Underwater photography SeaDataNet Agreed Parameter Groups 2010-10-23 revision Fish abundance in water bodies Fish behaviour Fish biomass in water bodies Fish morphology, age and physiology BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Open Government License (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/) otherRestrictions no limitations to public access 5.00 eng biota -16.47949 4.570313 56.09656 60.58697 SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision The water column that is significantly influenced by the seabed, which is broader in deep ocean than in shelf seas. Guideline approximation is bottom 10m of oceans and bottom 5% of shelf (<200m) seas. 2007-10-27 2007-11-08 Video - 10 DVD Disks - Native DVD Recordings of TV tow deployments, Video - 10 Files - ISO extracts of DVD recordings of TV survey, Delimited - 5 excel spreadsheets - Excel - Recordings of Biological data, Electronic - 1.6 MB - 8 ascii + 2 excel files of CTD and minilogger deployments, Electronic - 9 MB - Scanrmar files from trawl deployments dataset Please see https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/programmes/1607s.pdf for full cruise programme. Equipment used: BT195 Anglerfish Trawl, Morgere Ovalfoil OF12 trawl doors, TV sled; holding tanks for live fish storage; cod end covers for live fish capture