FRV Mara 9/80
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 9/80 |
| Cruise period | 1980-08-04 — 1980-08-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To participate in a join demersal pair trawling project arranged between the Marine Laboratory and the Bergen Fishing Technology Institute, The Norwegian pair trawlers Naley and Nordlending will tow the gear and provide facilities for underwater and shipboard instrumentation. Mara will operate underwater TV equipment to observe the pair trawl fished by the other two vessels. Mara will act as command ship while the three ships are working together. |
| Chief scientist | R Derek Galbraith (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | N.W. Scotland/ North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of deployments = 10 Description: Underwater TV used to observe trawls fished by Norwegian vessels Naley and Nordlending. |
