RV Cirolana CIR3/91
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR3/91 |
| Cruise period | 1991-03-08 — 1991-04-02 |
| 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 sample juvenile fish. 3. To undertake a preliminary analysis of the stomach contents of the main fish species. 4. Collect Bass samples for maturity studies. 5. Collect samples of spawning herring for the University of Wales (Swansea). All the aims were successfully completed. |
| Chief scientist | Brian W Jones (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | South-western Approaches, western English Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Other chemical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 59 Description: sea water supply:near surface,data rejected:salinometer fault |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 59 |
