Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 14B/64 |
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Cruise period | 1964-12-03 — 1964-12-16 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Fort William, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) Testing new lowering cage for tagged fish
2) Whiting tagging
3) Fishing with a trawl, seine net and hand lines
Bad weather kept ''Mara'' in port in Oban until the 09/12/1964. The scientific staff left the ship on the 16/12/1964 in Aberdeen, the ship meanwhile proceeding to Buckie via the Pentalnd Firth |
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Chief scientist | John R G Hislop (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.04 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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Specific | Clyde, Crinian Canal, Loch Long, Bute Channel |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 34 Description: Taggings of 11 whiting, 11 cod, 12 haddock |