FRV Mara 5/60
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 5/60 |
| Cruise period | 1960-05-16 — 1960-05-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Mallaig, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) Seining was resumed on the 19/05/1960
2) ''Mara'' and ''Clupea'' co-operated in a Bull Trawling a system 3) Measurements of winch and engine performance were made during all hauls of anchor seining |
| Chief scientist | W Dickson (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Moray Firth |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 Description: The seine net gear was shot in and open sided rectangle rather then a traingle, with the co-operation of Clupea. This pair shooting was quite successful. |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of experiments = 3 Description: New equipment was installed and the ship returned to the Moray Firth. The steel warp the gear came fast in 3 trails. |
