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Margona

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship nameMargona
Cruise period1986-02-25 — 1986-03-07
StatusCompleted
Port of departureStornoway, United Kingdom
Port of returnStornoway, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesTo obtain measurements on vessels and gear using both shipboard and underwater instrumentation.
Joint DAFS/SFIA pair trawling trials on board chartered vessels "Summer Dawn" (PD64) and "Margona" (BF381).
Chief scientistR Derek Galbraith (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Cruise reportMargona  cruise report summer_dawnandmargona_feb86.pdf (0.03 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
SpecificNorth Minch/Butt of Lewis
Measurements 
Biology and fisheries 
Gear researchQuantity: number of hauls = 16
Description: A number of hauls were made throughout the cruise.