RV Seol Mara
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Seol Mara (74S5) |
| Cruise period | 1989-07-07 — 1989-07-13 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Strontian, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lochaline, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | 1. To initiate and test dye tracing techniques using the Chelsea Instruments Aquatracks fluorometer and the DECCA trisponder system.
2. To test measurement techniques using recording current meters to obtain vertical profiles of current and current shear. 3. To deploy 2 Aanderas current meters, one near-surface and one near bed, in the upper basin of Loch Sunart. 4. If time permits to conduct a rapid axial survey of the loch with the STD12. |
| Chief scientist | Bill Turrell (Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Loch Sunart |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research |
