FRV Mara 11/73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 11/73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-11-20 — 1973-11-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Troon, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1) To tag demersal fish in the Clyde estuary
2) Attempts were made to recover sampling gear 3) Fish caught in hauls were tagged |
| Chief scientist | John Richards (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Kilbrennan Sound, Brodick Bay area, E of Arran |
| Measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Phosphate | Quantity: number of stations = 18 |
| Alkalinity | Quantity: number of stations = 18 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of hauls = 15 Description: commercial taggings. 284 fish were tagged, 276 were saithe, the remainder being codling |
