FRV Mara 6/65
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/65 |
| Cruise period | 1965-06-28 — 1965-07-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Invergordon, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To make observations on the behaviour of fish in the vicinity of the Danish Seine with special emphasis on the ropes (1st week)
2) To make observations on model trawls in connection with the Norwegian APE project (2nd week) 3) A model Granton trawl and a pelagic trawl were worked and still photographs were taken of various parts of the gear Bad weather restricted diving work to 3 days |
| Chief scientist | Colin J Chapman (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Moray Firth, Buckie, Invergordon, Spey Bay, Cullen Bay, Dornoch Firth, Burghead Bay, |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Description: Siene net experiments were carried out in Spey Bay. No. of trials not noted. |
