RV Clione CLI15/85
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI15/85 |
| Cruise period | 1985-12-06 — 1985-12-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an acoustic survey for spawning herring in the Southern Bight and eastern English Channel.
2. To obtain samples of herring by pelagic trawling for ageing and biological studies. 3. To obtain material for herring fecundity analysis. |
| Chief scientist | P O Johnson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Southern Bight of North Sea and Eastern English Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 8 |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Quantity: track kilometres = 3233.592 Description: acoustically integrated using a SIMRAD EK 400 sounder, QMII and QD systems. |
