FRV Mara 11/69
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 11/69 |
| Cruise period | 1969-10-06 — 1969-10-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To assess the relative strengths of the year classes of flatfish, especially plaice, on the nursery grounds of the Moray Firth and the east coast of Scotland. |
| Chief scientist | D W Armstrong (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Nairn Bay, Burghead Bay, Spey Bay, Cullen Bay, Aberdour Bay, Pennan Bay. |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Description: Populations and age studies of plaice. |
