Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
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Cruise identifier | CLI12/83 |
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Cruise period | 1983-10-04 — 1983-10-17 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To carry out a high-speed townet survey for herring larvae over the western portion of the central North Sea between the Farne Islands and Humber entrance (FA 37).
2. To carry out mid-water trawling to identify pelagic fish traces and obtain material for biological sampling (FA 13).
3. To obtain herring larvae for genetic studies, these to be fresh frozen in liquid nitrogen (Aberdeen). |
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Chief scientist | P O Johnson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Project | ICES Herring Larval Survey |
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Coordinating body | ICES |
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Cruise report | (0.08 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
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Specific | W. Central North Sea |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 107 |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 107 |
Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of samples = 6 |
Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Description: echo-sounder run continuously over the grid. |