RV Clione CLI1/75
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI1/75 |
| Cruise period | 1975-01-04 — 1975-01-10 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Part A:
1. Investigate the feasibility of employing acoustic tags for tracking mackerel. 2. Study the movements od pelagic shoals in relation to current. 3. In conjunction with RV CIROLANA determine the reactions of pelagic shoals to the underwater towed camera unit and Engel mid-water trawl. 4. Obtain records of shoals on the Aldeh recorder using the scanner as a side-scan sonar. Part B: 1. Topographic survey of dredging Area 260, Poole Bay. |
| Chief scientist | P O Johnson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.28 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 1 Description: 2 hours |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: track kilometres = 111.12 Description: sector scanner obs on pelagic shoals |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Quantity: track kilometres = 111.12 Description: sector scanner |
| Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 4 Description: acoustic tags |
