Aries
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Aries |
| Cruise period | 1982-11-14 — 1982-11-26 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To compare the catches of two Boris Fish/Prawn Trawls, one rigged as standard the other rigged with a separating panel 75cm above the groundline with the view of reducing the by-ctach of undersized gadoids in a Nephrops fishery. |
| Chief scientist | John Main (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Moray Firth, |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Description: Good catches at whiting were made throughout the cruise. No. of hauls not noted. |
| Crustaceans | Description: Nephrops catches were made throughout the cruise, but catches were poor. No. of catches not noted. |
