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RV Cirolana CIR3/89
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
Cruise identifier | CIR3/89 |
Cruise period | 1989-03-07 — 1989-04-03 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To carry out a trawl survey of the western Celtic Sea.
2. To deploy current meters for Mr Symonds. 3. To sample juvenile fish. 4. To sample pelagic shoals. No pelagic trawling was undertaken. 5. To collect ovaries of Lophius sp. |
Chief scientist | Brian W Jones (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.13 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel Bay of Biscay |
Specific | Celtic Sea/ English Channel |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 12 Description: current meters deployed |
Biology and fisheries | |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 64 Description: 62 hauls were made on the Trawl Survey and a further two hauls were made in the western channel. All the trawl hauls were worked using the Portuguese High Headline trawl. |