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FRV Mara 12/60

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FRV Mara (74MR)
Cruise identifier12/60
Cruise period1960-11-02 — 1960-11-18
StatusCompleted
PurposeResearch
Objectives1) Whiting tagging in the Clyde
2) All the fish and Nephrops in the catches were measured and a sample of whiting gall bladders was collected for Dr Kabata
Chief scientistRay Gambell (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory)
Cruise reportFRV Mara 12/60 cruise report mara12_60.pdf (0.04 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralInner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
SpecificW of Lady Isle, W of Horse Island
Measurements 
Biology and fisheries 
TaggingsQuantity: number of specimens = 942
Description: Taggings of 924 whiting, 16 cod, 2 haddock. Fish were trawl caught using a nylon wing trawl. A hydrostatic tag on a metal bridle, a hydrostatic tag on a nylon bridle and a flag tag on a nylon bridle were all used