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 |
