RV Clione CLI9/83
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI9/83 |
| Cruise period | 1983-07-07 — 1983-07-26 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a groundfish survey.
2. Examine stomach contents of a wide range of fish species. 3. Laying and recovery of Nab Tower current meter rig (AEP3) 4. Collect surface water samples for AEP1 5. Trials of atomic absorption spectrophotometer - Cambridge University. |
| Chief scientist | David B Bennett (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.21 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bristol Channel Bay of Biscay North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of recoveries = 2 Description: current meters recovered;8 days |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 35 Description: Caesium 137 (Cs-137) |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 46 Description: Granton trawls. |
| Molluscs | Quantity: number of hauls = 46 |
