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RV Cirolana CIR6/72
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
Cruise identifier | CIR6/72 |
Cruise period | 1972-06-28 — 1972-07-27 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Fisheries |
Objectives | 1. To make a survey of the distribution and abundance of 0-group fish at Faroe and eastern Iceland as part of an international survey in the Faroe-Iceland area.
2. To obtain samples of 0-group cod for imunogenetic studies. 3. To obtain samples of young fish for feeding studies. 4. To undertake hydrographic studies of the deeper waters of the northern Rockall Channel. |
Chief scientist | Brian W Jones (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.22 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Atlantic Ocean |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: T only |
Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of profiles = 49 |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 168 Description: 145 S surface |
Chemical oceanography | |
Alkalinity | Quantity: number of samples = 23 |
Biology and fisheries | |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 145 |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 145 |
Meteorology | |
Occasional standard measurements | |
Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
Geology and geophysics | |
Multi-beam echosounding | Description: readings taken underway |