Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 11/76 |
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Cruise period | 1976-09-19 — 1976-10-20 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Corpach, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To carry out a midwater trawling and beach-seining survey for 0- and 1-group herring in the Minch.
2. To tag mackerel.
3. To carry out further environmental investigations of Raasay Sound DSA. |
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Chief scientist | Roger S Bailey (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.18 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 47 Description: made using the Gourock midwater trawl. |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 208 Description: mackerel tagged. |
Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 208 Description: mackerel tagged. |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Single-beam echosounding | Description: echo sounder run at regular intervals throughout the cruise. |