RV Cirolana CIR4B/95
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR4B/95 |
| Cruise period | 1995-05-22 — 1995-06-01 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Holyhead, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To sample fish eggs on a grid of stations throughout the Irish Sea, using the 76cm unencased high speed plankton sampler.
2. To obtain sole gonads for the determination of atresia and spawning duration. 3. To obtain biological data on sole and plaice populations in the Irish Sea. All the aims were successfully completed. |
| Chief scientist | Stephen Flatman (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) (0.10 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | Irish Sea, Bristol Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 93 Description: surface S only |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 97 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 97 Description: fish egg survey |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of stations = 97 Description: fish egg survey |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 29 Description: beam trawls. |
