FRV Alba Na Mara 0419A
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Alba Na Mara (74NM) |
| Cruise identifier | 0419A |
| Cruise period | 2019-03-24 — 2019-04-08 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Objectives
1. To deploy 96 moorings with VR2 salmon detectors in Aberdeen Bay Array. 2. To deploy 31 moorings at ECOMMAS marine mammal/noise monitoring locations (20 with C-PODs cetacean click detectors; 10 with C-PODs and SM2M sound recorders). 3. To recover two ECOMMAS moorings at Helmsdale 15 and Arbroath 10 sites that were deployed in November 2018. 4. To retrieve and deploy a mooring with C-POD and sound recorder at an offshore noise monitoring location East of Orkney (as part of the JOMOPANS project). 5. To deploy 5 moorings with CPODS East of Arbroath in conjunction with SSE Renewables and Seagreen. 6. To deploy 60 moorings with Salmon detectors on the Moray Firth in conjunction with Atlantic Salmon Trust Preliminary Itinerary 21/3 Load 30 Salmon moorings for Aberdeen Bay Array 24/3 Sail south from Fraserburgh, deploy Salmon moorings in Aberdeen Bay 25/3 Reload another 31 moorings, deploy Salmon moorings in Aberdeen Bay 26/3 Reload remaining 35 moorings, deploy Salmon moorings in Aberdeen Bay 27/3 Load and deploy 1 JOMOPANS mooring East of Orkney and 30 ECOMMAS moorings from Latheron South to St Abbs, also 5 mooring east of Arbroath for SSE/Seagreen 04/3 Load and deploy around 60 AST Salmon Moorings in the Moray Firth. N.B. timings may vary with weather and deployment progress. |
| Chief scientist | Paul Stainer (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.59 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Aberdeen Bay, Moray Firth |
