Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 10/75 |
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Cruise period | 1975-09-01 — 1975-10-16 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Ullapool, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To carry out a mid-water trawling and beach-seining survey for 0- and 1-group herring in the Minch.
2. To tag mackerel.
3. To carry out mesh-selection experiments on sprats and small herring. |
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Chief scientist | Roger S Bailey (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.26 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 63 Description: population,distribution |
Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | |
Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 217 Description: mackerel tagged. |
Exploratory fishing | |