RV Clione CLI3/83
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI3/83 |
| Cruise period | 1983-02-15 — 1983-03-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To describe the distribution of pre-recruit cod and other gadoids in terms of salinity, temperature and depth.
2. To record surface and bottom salinity (Sº/00) and temperature (TºC) en route and at each fishing position. 3. To bring back live fish to the laboratory. |
| Chief scientist | John D Riley (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.07 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Description: surface only |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 62 Description: CTD used to find a transect with a large salinity gradient with minimum variation in TºC and depth. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: sampled for gadoid abundance. |
