FRV Mara 1/75
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 1/75 |
| Cruise period | 1975-02-11 — 1975-02-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| 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 |
| Chief scientist | Andrew W Newton (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | ICES International Plaice Tagging |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Clythe Ness |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| 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 |
