RV Cirolana CIR9/91
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR9/91 |
| Cruise period | 1991-10-23 — 1991-11-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out the first of a series of 4th quarter groundfish surveys of the North Sea using the GOV trawl as part of the ICES coordinated bottom trawl survey programme and to obtain information on:
a) Distribution and abundance of all fish species b) Length and age distribution of commercially important species c) Distribution of fish in relation to their environment d) Distribution of macrobenthos. 2. To measure surface and bottom temperature and salinity. 3. To collect material for fish identification course. 4. To provide fish samples for contaminant studies under the National Monitoring Plan (A Franklin). 5. To collect samples of heart, gonad or brain from cod for Dr P Peppin, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada. 6. To collect samples of herring for K Naish, Swansea University and herring hearts for D Bucke. 7. To collect crabs for Dr B Thompson. 8. To collect gobies for Dr P Miller, Bristol University. 9. To collect stomach samples for the 1991 ICES stomach sampling programme. |
| Chief scientist | Peter J Bromley (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Project | Stomach Sampling Programme-IBTS |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Norwegian Sea |
| Specific | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 53 Description: top & bottom 52 with S only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 61 Description: 30 minute tows using GOV trawl. |
