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Salar

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship nameSalar
Cruise period1986-11-17 — 1986-11-21
StatusCompleted
Port of departureGairloch, United Kingdom
Port of returnGairloch, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To capture surviving fish from holding cages in Gairloch for examination of the regenerated scales in an attempt to assess the proportion of total damage and describe their recovery following escape from the meshes of net.
2. To remove all the holding cages from the seabed and return them to Aberdeen for servicing.
ProjectFish Damage Experiments at Gairloch
Cruise reportSalar  cruise report salar_nov86.pdf (0.05 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
Measurements 
Biology and fisheries 
Demersal fishQuantity: number of observations = 4
Description: A number of cages were examined during the cruise. 2 sites within the loch and 2 sites in the mouth of the loch. The 4 cages were removed at the end of the cruise.