FRV Mara 7/59
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 7/59 |
| Cruise period | 1959-07-24 — 1959-08-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Echosounding survey of North Minch herring grounds.
2. Continuation of comparative fishing using trawls with different sized meshes in the forward parts. |
| Chief scientist | James A Sinclair (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.05 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Description: population studies. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Description: Echo-sounding surveys. |
