Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
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Cruise identifier | CLI1/69 |
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Cruise period | 1969-01-14 — 1969-01-18 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | To collect:
1. Live ripe plaice and floundry for hatchery work.
2. Sandeels for fish behaviour studies.
3. Elasmobranch sera for Chester Beatty Institute of Cancer Research.
Elasmobranch sera and a few samples of cod blood were collected at most stations |
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Chief scientist | Colin E Purdom (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.08 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Specific | Rye Bay, north and south of the Brown Ridges, Rising Ground, Smiths Knoll, Wells Bank |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: sample kilograms = 32000 Description: Offshore seawater collected in the forward ballast tanks as an emergency supply for the laboratory. 3 dozen carboys of offshore water were also collected |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 1 Description: 5 trawls made in Rye Bay, 2 trawls south of the Brown Ridges, 3 trawls north of the Brown Ridges, 3 trawls on the Rising Ground, 2 trawls south of the Wells Bank |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of specimens = 12 Description: Fish obtained from Rye Bay and one ripe female plaice from the Rising ground |