FRV Mara 8/68
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/68 |
| Cruise period | 1968-08-05 — 1968-08-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) An exploratory survey of the sand eels stocks of the Moray Firth
2) The headline camera was used in 16 hauls |
| Chief scientist | Nigel P E Langham (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Smith's Bank, Moray Firth, Narin |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 49 Description: 14 contained sand eels. A. marinus/lancea, A.lanceolatus, G.semisquamatus were caught. By catches of whiting, haddock, plaice, common dab, lemon sole, Callionymus lyra, clupeids, herring, and sprats were also caught |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 49 Description: 14 contained sand eels. A. marinus/lancea, A.lanceolatus, G.semisquamatus were caught. By catches of whiting, haddock, plaice, common dab, lemon sole, Callionymus lyra, clupeids, herring, and sprats were also caught |
