Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 1/75 |
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Cruise period | 1975-02-11 — 1975-02-21 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) Tagging plaice
2) Clythe Ness was surveyed to find the most suitable fishing ground
3) Plankton hauls were made using a high-speed Icelandic sampler. Plankton samples were returned to the laboratory for analysis my Mr K Jones
''Mara'' returned to Buckie to land a crew member on the 13/02/1975 |
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Chief scientist | Andrew W Newton (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Project | ICES International Plaice Tagging |
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Coordinating body | ICES |
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Cruise report | (0.04 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
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Specific | Clythe Ness |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of samples = 8 |
Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 623 Description: fish tagged and released. 359 were plaice, 264 lemon sole. All plaice were sexed and examined for infection of lymphocystis |