Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 1/67 |
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Cruise period | 1967-02-09 — 1967-02-28 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Greenock, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Rothesay, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) Whiting Tagging in the Firth of Clyde
2) Hand lining was carried out
3) Several observations were made of the operation of a new subsurface releasse cage and of the behaviour of whiting and saithe as they were released from the cage at 30 ft |
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Chief scientist | John R G Hislop (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.06 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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Specific | Troon, Loch Goil, Loch Striven, East Kyle of Bute, Rothesay Bay, Ascog Patch |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 193 Description: 96 Whiting, 75 cod, 22 haddock tagged by hand line and seine net |