FRV Mara 8/66
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 8/66 |
| Cruise period | 1966-09-05 — 1966-10-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To repeat previous year's work in placing control, surface and bottom-tagged fish in cages in Broad Bay to assess suvival
2) To compare the physiology of fish after varying periods of capture in surface tanks and bottom cages 3) To make observations on the capture of fish by seine net 4) To make recordings of underwater sound if possible 5) To continue diver training ''Mara'' was based in Stornoway for the duration of the cruise. Due to bad weather, the first haddock were not established in the cages until the 17/09/1966. Exceptionally bad weather terminated experiments on the 03/10/1966. Attention was paid to objectives 2-4 and diver training proceeded as circumstances permitted |
| Chief scientist | C C Hemmings (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.04 MB) |
| Cruise report | (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Broad Bay, Loch Erisort, Isle of Lewis, |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 103 Description: 49 surface tagged fish, 54 bottom tagged fish |
