FRV Mara 6/73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 6/73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-06-11 — 1973-06-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a plankton survey for sprat eggs and larvae off the east coast of Scotland.
2. To carry out an echosounder survey for pelagic fish concentrations. 3. To carry out limited seabird observations. |
| Chief scientist | Roger S Bailey (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of samples = 135 |
| Birds | |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: activity duration in days = 18 Description: Continuous measurement of deep scattering layers |
