Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 2/69 |
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Cruise period | 1969-02-27 — 1969-03-14 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Ayr, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To carry out a herring egg and larval survey on Ballantrae Bank.
2. To carry out tests on the relative efficiencies of encased and unencased Gulf III samplers. |
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Chief scientist | Ian G Baxter (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.07 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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Specific | Ballantrae Bank |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 3 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Eggs and larvae | Description: Grabs taken from areas in which eggs had been located in previous surveys. |