FRV Alba Na Mara 1721A
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Alba Na Mara (74NM) |
| Cruise identifier | 1721A |
| Cruise period | 2021-11-29 — 2021-12-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Leith, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Objectives
1. To undertake flatfish sampling in St Andrews Bay, Inner Firth of Forth and the Forth estuary (Tancred) in support of the Clean Seas Environment Monitoring Programme. 2. To undertake sediment sampling in the St Andrews Bay, Inner Firth of Forth and the Forth estuary in support of the Clean Seas Environment Monitoring Programme. 3. To undertake survey of sea-surface litter in surface waters of the Forth and Scottish east coast and record seabed litter collected by the trawls. 4. To undertake sediment sampling in support of the microplastics ROAME. |
| Chief scientist | Maria Hunter (Marine Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.51 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Unknown |
| Specific | St Andrews Bay, Firth of Forth |
