Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 8/63 |
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Cruise period | 1963-05-21 — 1963-06-08 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Trials |
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Objectives | 1) Trials with the headline height of the wing trawl and codends
2) Haddock and flatfish were caught
An easterly swell and fog prevented work on 2 days |
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Chief scientist | James A Pope (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 | Bucah Deeps, Moray Firth, Orkney, E of Peterhead |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Description: Fishing took place on the Buchan Deeps, Moray Firth and Orkney until suitable catches were obtained.
No. of hauls not noted. |
Gear research | Description: Trials for the wing trawl, testing the difference between a nylon 68.4nm and Ulstron 78.3nm cod-end. The headline height was altered between 2' and 9'.
The variation in headline hight seemed to show no particular difference, but the Ulstron seemed to show a larger catch rate.
No. of hauls were not specified. |