FRV Alba Na Mara 0609A
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Alba Na Mara (74NM) |
| Cruise identifier | 0609A |
| Cruise period | 2009-04-06 — 2009-04-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Ullapool, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | Objectives:
1. To assess suitability of using baited underwater cameras (BUC) to estimate fish numbers in inshore areas. 2. To undertake trawling of adjacent areas for comparison with BUC estimates of fish numbers. Narrative Alba na Mara sailed from Fraserburgh at 07.00 hrs on 10 April and arrived at Loch Ewe the following morning. Gale force winds prevented deployment of the BUC until 17.00 hrs when a successful trail deployment was made. Work resumed the next morning and continued uninterrupted by weather for the remainder of the cruise. BUC deployments and trawls were made throughout daylight hours in an area at the mouth of the loch and to the south-west. Alba na Mara worked in close contact with a local vessel chartered by the laboratory to deploy fish traps in the same area. On two occasions, the charter vessel brought live cod and saithe captured in the fish traps to Alba na Mara for tagging. The vessel docked in Ullapool on the evening of 14 April. The following morning Alba na Mara was unloaded with gear and staff transported back to Aberdeen. |
| Chief scientist | Francis C Neat (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | MF02q |
| Cruise programme |  (0.02 MB) (0.02 MB) |
| Cruise report | (0.20 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Loch Ewe |
| Track charts | (0.18 MB) |
