Laura Bruce
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Laura Bruce |
| Cruise period | 1979-08-20 — 1979-08-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. Assessment of stock abundance of native oysters in Loch Ryan.
2. Assessment of recent spat-falls. 3. Trials with relying clean shell cultch to try to determine whether settlement surfaces are a limiting factor in certain parts of the loch. |
| Chief scientist | James Mason (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Project | Oyster Investigations |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Loch Ryan |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 155 Description: Spat survey. |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of hauls = 155 Description: Oyster stock survey. |
