RV Clione CLI8A/70
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI8A/70 |
| Cruise period | 1970-06-06 — 1970-06-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To investigate the diurnal behaviour of sand-eels.
2. To make current measurements on the Dowsing Bank and also off the Bank in deeper water. 3. To observe the operation of sand eel trawls with the ARL Scanner. |
| Chief scientist | A C Burd (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.25 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Quantity: number of deployments = 46 Description: submarine illumination photometer |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 36 Description: 10 days using PRCM:3 & DRCM:33 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Description: sand eel and trawl with ARL scanner |
