FRV Mara 8/63
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/63 |
| Cruise period | 1963-05-21 — 1963-06-08 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | 1) Trials with the headline height of the wing trawl and codends
2) Haddock and flatfish were caught An easterly swell and fog prevented work on 2 days |
| Chief scientist | James A Pope (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Bucah Deeps, Moray Firth, Orkney, E of Peterhead |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Description: Fishing took place on the Buchan Deeps, Moray Firth and Orkney until suitable catches were obtained. No. of hauls not noted. |
| Gear research | Description: Trials for the wing trawl, testing the difference between a nylon 68.4nm and Ulstron 78.3nm cod-end. The headline height was altered between 2' and 9'. The variation in headline hight seemed to show no particular difference, but the Ulstron seemed to show a larger catch rate. No. of hauls were not specified. |
