RV Cirolana CIR3/86
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR3/86 |
| Cruise period | 1986-03-10 — 1986-04-07 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a depth stratified trawl survey of the Western English Channel, Celtic Sea and Bay of Biscay.
2. To sample juvenile fish. 3. To sample pelagic fish shoals. 4. To fish for cod in the Irish Sea over a complete 24 hour cycle to investigate feeding on Nephrops and digestion rates. |
| Chief scientist | B C Bedford (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.29 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bay of Biscay North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | English Channel, Irish Sea, Celtic Sea and Bay of Biscay |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 95 |
