RV Clione CLI9/68
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI9/68 |
| Cruise period | 1968-08-23 — 1968-09-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Trials |
| Objectives | 1. To study the reactions of pelagic fish to a pelagic trawler and trawl
with the aid of sonar, the 6-transducer trawl sounder equipment (on CORELLA), underwater television and underwater cameras. 2. To make some measurements on a pelagic trawl. 3. To practice sonar technique and trawling on to a target. 4. To collect and bring back live to Lowestoft, some dogfish or other elasmobranch fish, if possible. 5. If opportunity and time permit, to obtain herring sample length measurements. Samples of herring and mackerel were measured and the few horse-mackerel caught were frozen and brought back in. |
| Chief scientist | A R Margetts (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Shetland area, south of Aberdeen Bank, Fair Isle, Sumburgh Head, Farne Islands, Farne Deep, Whitby fishery, |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: sample baskets = 36 Description: Pelagic trawling. Best catch was of 30 baskets of spawning herring and 6 baskets of cod from Whitby |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: sample baskets = 36 Description: Pelagic trawling. Best catch was of 30 baskets of spawning herring and 6 baskets of cod from Whitby |
