Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 2/61 |
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Cruise period | 1961-02-20 — 1961-03-10 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) Taggings of whiting and haddock
2) The fish and Nephrops in most hauls were measured
3) A sample of whiting gall bladders was collected
4) Some whiting ovaries were preserved
5) Notes were made of the infection of G. esmarkii by Myxobolus aeglefini, and of the incidence of the black spot parasite on the skin of whiting.
Scientific staff joined the ''Mara'' at Ayr on the 24/02/1961. |
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Chief scientist | Ray Gambell (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.04 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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Specific | Clyde, Loch Long |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 115 Description: 110 Whiting, 5 haddock using a hydrostatic tag on a metal bridle, and a flag tag on a nylon bridle. The fish were all trawl caught |