FRV Mara 9/62
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 9/62 |
| Cruise period | 1962-11-20 — 1962-12-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Greenock, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) Taggings
2) Comparisons were made between the Lowestoft and Aberdeen gradings for scale condition of whiting 3) Attempts were made to catch whiting by hand line and rod-and-line A crew member had to be landed in Rothesay for hospital treatment |
| Chief scientist | Ray Gambell (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Caledonian Canal, Crinon Canal, Clyde, Lady Isle, off Mount Stewart, entrance to Loch Long |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 562 Description: Taggings of 544 whiting, 18 cod |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 562 Description: Taggings of 544 whiting, 18 cod |
