FRV Mara 1/70
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 1/70 |
| Cruise period | 1970-02-16 — 1970-03-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | The aim of this cruise was to determine whether the common commercial practice of using double cod-ends (i.e. a large mesh (100mm) Ulstron cod-end fitted outside a legal sized cod-end) with seine-nets affects the selectivity of the gear. |
| Chief scientist | James A Pope (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Moray Firth |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 52 |
