FRV Mara 2/69
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 2/69 |
| Cruise period | 1969-02-27 — 1969-03-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Ayr, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a herring egg and larval survey on Ballantrae Bank.
2. To carry out tests on the relative efficiencies of encased and unencased Gulf III samplers. |
| Chief scientist | Ian G Baxter (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Ballantrae Bank |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Description: Grabs taken from areas in which eggs had been located in previous surveys. |
