Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
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| Cruise identifier | 8/72 Leg 2 |
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| Cruise period | 1972-08-10 — 1972-08-27 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Ardrossan, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Fisheries |
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| Objectives | 1. Beam trawl survey of juvenile plaice populations from selected bays in the Firth of Clyde and Kilbrannon Sound.
2. Macrofauna and meiofauna survey of the Firth of Clyde. |
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| Chief scientist | D J Murison (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
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| Cruise report | (0.62 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
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| Specific | Firth of Clyde, Kilbrannon Sound |
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| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
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| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of hauls = 34 |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 24 Description: juvenile flat fish |