FRV Mara 9/64
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 9/64 |
| Cruise period | 1964-08-17 — 1964-08-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To make preliminary trials with the purse seine without power blocks
2) Salps and onos were caught 3) An echo search for herring shoals was made over the outer reaches of the Moray Firth It was not until the 20/08/1964 that the conditions were satisfactory for an attempt to be made to shoot the purse seine |
| 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 | Rattray Head, Moray Firth |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Quantity: number of surveys = 1 Description: An echo sound was used overnight to try to locate herring shoals, for more hauling. No shoals were found. |
| Gear research | Description: Cruise was to carry out trials with the pruse seine without power blocks. Hauling was done by hand NW of Rattray Head, good catches were received. No. of hauls not specified. |
