Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 7/59 |
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Cruise period | 1959-07-24 — 1959-08-07 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. Echosounding survey of North Minch herring grounds.
2. Continuation of comparative fishing using trawls with different sized meshes in the forward parts. |
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Chief scientist | James A Sinclair (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.05 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Pelagic fish | Description: population studies. |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Single-beam echosounding | Description: Echo-sounding surveys. |