Primarily operating in the inshore zone, Alba na Mara collects data on fish, Nephrops and scallop stocks.

She replaced FRV Clupea which had been in operation with FRS for 40 years.

[4] Alba-Na-Mara is equipped with a sophisticated range of deck machinery and electronics.

[1] She is capable of carrying out fisheries research, single, twin, pelagic/demersal/trawling and scallop dredging, hydrographic sampling, surveying and camera work[3] up to 150 miles offshore.

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