FRV Mara 9/63
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 9/63 |
| Cruise period | 1963-06-11 — 1963-07-05 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To investigate certain of the shellfish resources round the Island of Yell
2) An attempt was made to catch lobsters by setting creels among the rocks from a small boat 3) The fishing power of a collapsable pot was compared with that of the traditional Scottish east coast creel 4) Lobster tagging experiment 5) The scallop beds around the island were sampled by means of dredges 6) Crabs were caught 7) Oblique hauls with a 1 m (26 mesh) plankton net were made 8) The scientist in charge gave a lecture on shellfish The ship was based in Lerwick and Mid Yell for the entire cruise. Time was lost due to adverse weather. |
| Chief scientist | James Mason (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.03 MB) |
| Cruise report | (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Shetland, Yell, Fetlar, Head of Bresdale, Colgrave sound, Lambhoga Head, Otterswick, Unst, N and S of Fair Isle, W of Pentland Firth, Kinnaird Head |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 117 Description: lobsters tagged and released at 18 stations round the coast of Yell and in adjacent islands fished by boats from Yell |
