RV Clione CLI11/81
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI11/81 |
| Cruise period | 1981-09-03 — 1981-09-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To investigate the orientation and behaviour of plaice in relation to bottom topography and near-bed currents using:-
(a) sector scanning sonar and transponding acoustic compass tags. (b) sector scanning sonar, transponding acoustic tags and divers equipped with a 300 kHz hand held acoustic torch. (c) direct observation and photography of small plaice confined on the seabed in a cage spanning several small sand ridges. 2. To retrieve spat collecting bags from a marked site in Start Bay and relay scallop spat in Salcombe estuary. |
| Chief scientist | Geoffrey P Arnold (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Start Bay |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 2 Description: 13 hours |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: behaviour |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Bottom photography | Description: Underwater TV used to observe isolated fish in the cage. |
