FRV Mara 8/61
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/61 |
| Cruise period | 1961-08-01 — 1961-08-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) The standard twenty-two and a half ft otter trawl was compared with one designed to make distortions out of the net
2) Several boxes of cod were returned to the laboratory during the trip to be examined for the presence of nematodes |
| Chief scientist | A Corrigall (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Buchan Deeps, Cruden Buoy, Benachie Ground, Aberdeen Bay |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of hauls = 52 |
| Exploratory fishing | Quantity: number of hauls = 52 |
