Aries
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Aries |
| Cruise period | 1985-09-16 — 1985-10-04 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Gairloch, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To observe the behaviour of fish and Nephrops to a new 640 fish/prawn trawl fitted with a separating panel. The top will be a fish net with a codend of 80mm mesh and the lower section will be a prawn net with a codend of 70mm mesh.
2. The trawl will be filmed fro toed underwater vehicle TUVII. 3. The fish and Nephrops catches from daylight, dusk and night hauls will be compared. |
| Chief scientist | John Main (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Gairloch, North Minch, Macduff |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Description: Fishing was conducted in the North Minch. No. of hauls not noted. |
| Crustaceans | Description: Off Macduff on the Nephrops fishing ground a number of hauls was made. No. of hauls not noted. |
| Crustaceans | Description: Fishing was conducted in the North Minch. No. of hauls not noted. |
| Gear research | Description: Melvaig tow gear was studied in detail. No. of observations not noted. |
