RV Cirolana CIR2/03
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR2/03 |
| Cruise period | 2003-03-04 — 2003-04-04 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | This cruise was in two Parts. Part 1: 04-19 March; Part 2: 21 Mar - 03 April.
The aims were: 1. To carry out a trawl survey of the Celtic Sea, to obtain information on: a) Distribution, size composition and abundance of all fish species; b) Age - length distribution of selected species; c) The distribution of roundfish in areas recently identified by the Southwest industry; d) The detailed distribution of spawning cod (Gadus morhua) in the NW of ICES Division VIIg (Celtic Sea); e) Collect biological data in support of EU Data Collection Regulation. 2. To sample juvenile fish for recruitment studies. 3. To collect material for fish identification courses. 4. To collect and preserve frozen, all scallops (Pectin maximus) that are caught. 5. To continue the development and testing of electronic data capture equipment. 6. To collect plankton samples in order to estimate onset of mackerel (Scomber scombrus) spawning (S. Milligan). 7. To collect hake (Merluccius merluccius) maturity and fecundity material (P. Witthames). 8. To obtain length distributions of mackerel within the Mackerel Box (C. Darby). 9. To carry out comparative fishing trials with Celtic Explorer in a variety of depths and on a mix of bottom types. |
| Chief scientist | Stephen Warnes (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
| Cruise programme |  (0.08 MB) |
| Cruise report | (0.20 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel Celtic Sea |
| Specific | Celtic Sea, South Western Approaches, western English Channel |
| Track charts | (0.12 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of species = 35 Description: frozen for use in Royal Naval Fishery Protection Squadron fish identification courses. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of species = 35 Description: frozen for use in Royal Naval Fishery Protection Squadron fish identification courses. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 48 Description: using the Portuguese High Headline Trawl at standard locations |
