FRV Mara 8/60
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/60 |
| Cruise period | 1960-07-11 — 1960-08-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Mallaig, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) Loch Nevis Survey
2) A series of tests were made with the Aberdeen grab 3) A survey of the Minch fishing grounds 4) Echo search for herring between the Shiants and Tolsta Head 5) A photographic survey was made in Loch Nevis 6) At several stations, small eyed experimental creels with fine mesh covers were shot. The scientific crew joined the ship at Mallaig. ''Mara'' docked in Oban on the 15/07/1970 till the 18/07/1960, and again on the 22/07/1960 till the 25/07/1960. A new crew member embarked on the 09/08/1960 in Aultbea. The ship put into Mallaig on the 12/08/1960. |
| Chief scientist | Alasdair D McIntyre (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Caledonian Canal, Dubh Artach, Skerryvore, Mull, Minch, Shiant East Bank, Broad Bay, Tiumpian Head, Cape Wrath, Tolsta area, Shiants, Loch Broom, Loch Inver, Gruinard Bay, Loch Ewe, Loch Torridon, Sound of Sleat, Chicken Head, Loch Broom, Loch Nevis |
| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of images = 150 Description: taken at the standard Nevis stations |
