FRV Mara 5/70
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/70 |
| Cruise period | 1970-06-15 — 1970-07-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To determine the best way of operating bean trawl from FRS ''Mara'' for sampling flatfish in shallow, coastal water off the east coast of Scotland
2) To obtain further information on the relative strengths of the various year classes of flatfish species, especially plaice, present in the bays of the Moray Firth, the east coast of Scotland and the Firth of Forth 3) To collect stomach contents of common and long rough dab ''Mara'' berthed in Buckie on the 19/06/1970, and returned to Buckie for repairs on the 26/07/1970. The ship went to Aberdeen for modifications to be made to the trawl which had been causing some chafing damage to the side of the vessel. ''Mara'' returned to Aberdeen to unload scientific equiptment on the 09/07/1970 |
| Chief scientist | D W Armstrong (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Aberdeen Bay, Nairn Bay, Burghead Bay, Dornoch Firth, Spey Bay, Aberdour Bay, Firth of Forth, Largo Bay, Aberlady Bay, St Andrew's Bay |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 59 Description: Plaice, common dab |
