Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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Cruise identifier | 6/66 |
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Cruise period | 1966-06-13 — 1966-07-01 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1) Field trials in Loch Ness of an acoustic device developed by Birmingham University
2) Pink shrimp and prawn survey in the Minch
3) 1 m (26 mesh) oblique plankton hauls
4) Trial hauls were made using the net fishing off the bottom and the headline depth was measured using the Furuno Depth telemeter
The personnel for the main part of the cruise joined the ''Mara'' at Fort William on the 15/06/1966. |
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Chief scientist | John Drinkwater (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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Cruise programme | (0.03 MB) |
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Cruise report | (7.63 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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Specific | Loch Ness, South Minch, Loch Linnhe, Colonsay, E of Eriskay |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Crustaceans | Quantity: number of specimens = 1802 Description: Nephrops were sexed and measured |