FRV Alba Na Mara 1416A
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Alba Na Mara (74NM) |
| Cruise identifier | 1416A |
| Cruise period | 2016-07-25 — 2016-08-04 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Objective
To retrieve and re-deploy a series of moorings comprising either dhan buoys (eight surface marked moorings) or acoustic release systems (22 sub-surface acoustic release moorings) and the acoustic recording devices attached to them (30 C-POD and 10 SM units) as part of the east coast marine mammal monitoring programme (ECOMMAS). Procedure Loading of all equipment will be carried out on 22 July when the previous survey (1316A) returns to Fraserburgh. Alba na Mara will sail from Fraserburgh on the morning of 25 July and after all vessel drills make for the first mooring position. The ultimate order in which the moorings are retrieved/deployed will be dictated by the weather forecast and the likely shelter that can be sought along the east coast. Accurate position records will be kept detailing where the moorings are eventually placed as this may differ slightly from the planned position. Moorings that cannot be found or retrieved will be replaced with the same type of mooring if spares are available. Recovered PAM devices will be returned to the Marine Laboratory at the end of the survey. Once all the moorings have been retrieved and redeployed Alba na Mara will return to Fraserburgh by 4 August to unload the remaining gear and allow the scientific crew to disembark and return to Aberdeen. Normal contacts will be maintained with the Marine Laboratory. |
| Chief scientist | Robert Watret (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.24 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | East coast of Scotland |