Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
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Cruise identifier | CLI15/87 |
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Cruise period | 1987-12-02 — 1987-12-22 |
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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 study the migration of plaice moving to and from their spawning grounds in the eastern English Channel in relation to maturity stage, day/night and tide.
2. To collect herring samples for fecundity and age/length determination.
3. To collect cod gonads and blood samples for genetic analysis at Birmingham University.
4. To collect live plaice for experimental laboratory studies. |
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Chief scientist | Geoffrey P Arnold (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.12 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | South Falls/ Dover Strait |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 55 Description: worked using midwater trawl, each trawl lasting for three hours. |