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RV Clione CLI6A/74

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Clione (74CN)
Cruise identifierCLI6A/74
Cruise period1974-04-16 — 1974-05-01
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLowestoft, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To conduct a pre-dredge survey of Licence Area 260 using the ARL Scanner.
2. To conduct a grab survey of the benthic fauna.
Chief scientistRobert R Dickson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportRV Clione CLI6A/74 cruise report clione6a_74.pdf (0.12 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
Track chartsRV Clione CLI6A/74 cruise track — trk1388a.html RV Clione CLI6A/74 cruise track — trk1388b.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Optics (eg underwater light levels)Quantity: number of deployments = 3
Description: spectroradiometer
Biology and fisheries 
ZoobenthosDescription: active bottom living fauna; agassiz trawl-3 tows of 15 mins.duration
TaggingsDescription: fish behaviour with acoustic tags
Geology and geophysics 
DredgeQuantity: number of deployments = 10
GrabQuantity: number of samples = 77
Multi-beam echosounding