FRV Mara 2/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-02-16 — 1976-03-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To conduct comparative fishing trials with a Gourock Midwater Trawl fitted with headline transducer, to compare the effects of codends of 20mm and 12mm nominal size on the length composition of the sprat catch.
2. To conduct a pelagic trawling and echosounding survey of Moray Firth and Buchan coastal waters. |
| Chief scientist | John A Morrison (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.18 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Description: sprats |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | |
| Gear research | Description: Comparing the selective properties of 20mm and 12mm codends. |
