FRV Mara 12A/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 12A/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-11-19 — 1974-11-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Troon, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To continue the studies of juvenile plaice stocks in the Clyde by use of a beam trawl.
Passage from Buckie on 19-20/11/1974. New crew members embarked in Troon on the 21/11/1974. ''Mara'' was prevented form sailing on the 25/11/1974 and 27/11/1974 by unsuitable weather conditions. ''Mara'' docked in Troon on the 28/11/1974. |
| Chief scientist | M G Poxton (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Firth of Clyde, Irvine Bay, Heads of Ayr, Culzean Bay, Maidens Bay, Turnberry and Whiting Bay, |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: activity duration in days = 4 Description: Beam trawling for juvenile flatfish |
