RV Cirolana CIR8B/71
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR8B/71 |
| Cruise period | 1971-10-15 — 1971-10-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. A survey with the Tin Tow-Net for herring larvae within the area bounded by Latitude 54N and 6ON, and by 4W and 1OW.
2. Survey of the Porcupine Bank for mackerel. 3. Survey of the Celtic Sea and Eddystone area for pilchard larvae (Tin Tow-Net), and mackerel (Trawls and Hand Lines). |
| Chief scientist | G C Bolster (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Specific | 50-59.30N 11.30W-02E |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Bathythermograph | |
| Water bottle stations | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: S only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Description: stramin net |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of samples = 78 Description: tin tow net |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: trawl and line |
