RV Clione CLI4/72
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI4/72 |
| Cruise period | 1972-03-07 — 1972-03-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a tin tow net survey in the northern Irish Sea.
2. To obtain cod for biological studies from the Lough Carlingford - Isle of Man area. 3. To collect hydrographic data and release sea bed drifters. 4. To attempt artificial fertilisation of cod (Mr Riley). 5. To collect live turbot for the Port Erin hatchery (Dr Shelbourne) 6. To collect ray material. 7. To carry out a tin tow net survey for plaice larvae in the western English Channel (Mr Houghton). 8. To collect samples for pollution monitoring (Dr Portman). |
| Chief scientist | N J Molden (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.23 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bristol Channel |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 57 Description: 20 T bottom 19 S bottom |
| GEK | Quantity: number of measurements = 4 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of hauls = 49 |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 50 |
