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RV Cirolana CIR9/87
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
Cruise identifier | CIR9/87 |
Cruise period | 1987-10-23 — 1987-11-09 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To collect plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) ovaries from
(i) off northwest Cornwall (Bristol Channel) (ii) off southwest Ireland (iii) in Cardigan Bay, and if time and density of plaice permit, (iv) off Plymouth and Lyme Bay 2. To sample fish, and particuarly sole (Solea solea), along transects from (i) Lyme Bay to Gulf of St Malo (ii) Ushant to Lands End (iii) Padstow so South East Ireland. 3. To collect, incidentally, sole ovaries and gonads from anglerfish (Lophius spp). |
Chief scientist | Joseph William Horwood (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.14 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bay of Biscay |
Specific | Western English Channel, Celtic Sea and Cardigan Bay |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 24 |
Biology and fisheries | |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 48 |