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RV Cirolana CIR9/94
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
Cruise identifier | CIR9/94 |
Cruise period | 1994-08-05 — 1994-08-29 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Fisheries |
Objectives | 1. To carry out a groundfish survey of the North Sea using a standard GOV trawl in order 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 and anthropogenic debris. (e) Surface and bottom temperature and salinity data using reversing bottles. 2. To collect material for fish identification courses. 3. To provide fish samples for contaminant analysis. 5. To collect biological data from ling (Molva molva), catfish (Anarhichas lupus), silvery pout (Gadiculus argenteus), poor cod (Trisopterus minutus), four-beard rockling (Rhinonemus cimbrius), bib (Trisopterus luscus), and bluemouth (Helicolenus dactylopterus). 6. To collect fish food. 7. To return live berried crabs to the Laboratory. 8. To collect whelks for contaminant anlysis. 9. To conduct trials of the electronic data capture system. 10. To investigate the feeding of seabirds on fish discards (JNCC Aberdeen). |
Chief scientist | C Timothy Macer (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
Project | IBTS 3 |
Cruise report | (0.10 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
Specific | North Sea |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 68 Description: top & bottom only |
Contamination | |
Other contaminant measurements | Description: fish samples for contaminant analysis |
Biology and fisheries | |
Pelagic fish | Description: herring samples for ichthyophonus disease |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 73 Description: GOV trawl- distribution and abundance all fish species |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: biological data from ling,catfish,silvery pout,poor cod, fourbeard |