FRV Mara 12B/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 12B/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-12-02 — 1974-12-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Troon, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Objectives:
To survey the distribution and abundance of 0-group herring and sprats in the Clyde with a mid-water trawl. To catch demersal fish by hand-line on the dumping ground off Garroch Head for pollution analysis. Results: Trawling successful catching herring and saithe. The latter were tagged. Line fishing unsuccessful but some trawled fish kept for analysis. |
| Chief scientist | George McPherson (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 | Garroch Head, Loch Long, Loch Striven |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 18 Description: Herring were caught on 17 trawls. Sprats, T.esmarkii, and saithe were also caught |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 50 Description: Taggings of saithe |
