FRV Mara 6/58
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/58 |
| Cruise period | 1958-11-13 — 1958-12-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Inverness, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | Testing instrumented trawls in Aberdeen Bay and Moray Firth. Assessment of different types of trawl to catch herring and white fish in the Minch. |
| Chief scientist | W Dickson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.16 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Aberdeen Bay, Moray Firth, The Minch |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Description: Comparative fishing trials using both large and small wing trawls. |
| Gear research | Description: Comparing otter trawls with different mesh sizes. |
