RV Clione CLI4/70
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI4/70 |
| Cruise period | 1970-02-17 — 1970-02-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. Trawl survey for plaice and dab population studies.
2. Plaice, dab and cod fecundity studies (Part II). 3. Comparison of catch data and 100 Hz echo traces for demersal species. 4. Collection of live fish for hatchery use (Messrs Riley, Thacker and A Jones). 5. Collection of cod and sole pituitary material (Drs Purdom and Shelbourne). 6. Collection of samples of demersal fish (Dr Portman, Burnham). 7. Collection of 100 starfish for Mr Hewett (Radiobiological Laboratory). |
| Chief scientist | R Colin A Bannister (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.17 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of measurements = 5 Description: echo sounder records |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 |
| Nekton | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 1 |
| Zoobenthos | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 37 Description: dab and plaice population survey fecundity studies |
| Meteorology | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
