FRV Mara 4/64
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 4/64 |
| Cruise period | 1964-03-26 — 1964-04-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) Echo Survey at the area around Bell Rock
2) Camera survey was made of the rough ground The ship returned to Aberdeen due to deteriorating weather conditions and tied up at Torry dock on the 27/03/1964 until the 31/03/1964. The sea conditions were still impossible for working and ''Mara'' put back to Aberdeen. |
| Chief scientist | Edward S Strange (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (3.97 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Bell Rock, Tod Head, Montrose, Girdleness |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 19 Description: whiting, haddock, cod, plaice, lemon sole, common dab, long rough dab, witch, ling, Agonus, catfish, lumpsucker, nephrops, sponges, starfish, Echinoderms, Gadus Luseus, and lobsters caught |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of hauls = 19 Description: whiting, haddock, cod, plaice, lemon sole, common dab, long rough dab, witch, ling, Agonus, catfish, lumpsucker, nephrops, sponges, starfish, Echinoderms, Gadus Luseus, and lobsters caught |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 19 Description: 8 using a rig modified for trawling over rough ground. 9 hauls made using manilla, nylon and polypropylene trawls with the hardground gear. 2 hauls off Girdleness |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding |
