FRV Mara 9/60
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 9/60 |
| Cruise period | 1960-08-22 — 1960-09-13 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | 1) Instrumented tests of the seine gear
2) A thermocouple was fitted in the exhaust manifold of only 1 of the cynlinders 3) Engine speed was recorded from an extension lead tachometer system 4) Tests were carried out on a new miniature depth recorder The ship had to return to the laboratory to clear the fault in the seine warp tension meter |
| Chief scientist | Michael J D Mowat (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Moray Firth |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 18 Description: Comparative fishing, the nets compared were the standard seine net and the Wing trawl used as a seine net. Codends were fitted with small mesh covers |
