FRV Mara 12/63
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 12/63 |
| Cruise period | 1963-08-26 — 1963-09-13 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) Live animals were collected for experimental work
2) Moray Firth section of the Scottish Coastal Survey 3) The ship was diverted to investigate reports of dead and dying fish in various parts of the Moray Firth 4) Sampling programme on the Nephrops grounds On the 06/09/1963 the ship was stormbound in Buckie. The samples and gear were returned to Aberdeen by van. |
| Chief scientist | Alasdair D McIntyre (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Burghead Bay, Nairn Bay, Spey Bay, Lossiemouth, Firths of Inverness, Cromarty, Dornoch, E of Lossiemouth |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Description: Live animals were collected for experimental work. |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: In Moray Firth sampling of deep water offshore areas took place. It was completed by a sampling programme on the Nephrops grounds. No. of samples taken not recorded. |
| Crustaceans | Description: Live animals were collected for experimental work. |
