Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 11/69 |
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Cruise period | 1969-10-06 — 1969-10-17 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | To assess the relative strengths of the year classes of flatfish, especially plaice, on the nursery grounds of the Moray Firth and the east coast of Scotland. |
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Chief scientist | D W Armstrong (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.06 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Nairn Bay, Burghead Bay, Spey Bay, Cullen Bay, Aberdour Bay, Pennan Bay. |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Description: Populations and age studies of plaice. |