Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 2/79 |
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Cruise period | 1979-04-03 — 1979-04-20 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Objectives | 1. To observe a new 200hp semi pelagic trawl using underwater TV with divers.
2. To study the engineering performance of the new trawl.
3. To compare the visual and instrumented results obtained with the results of tests on a 1/10th scale version of the trawl. |
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Chief scientist | Jack H B Robertson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.08 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Gear research | Description: to study and observe a variety of aspects of a new semi-pelagic trawl. |