RV Cirolana CIR5B/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR5B/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-06-11 — 1974-06-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Immingham, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To re-survey the deep trawling grounds on the continental slope from Sulisker to Tory.
2. To survey the lower slopes of Rockall Bank for possible new deep trawling grounds. 3. To carry out a single hydrographic section in the Ymir Deep. 4. To collect fish specimens for Torry Research Station, the Departments of Radiography and Histology, Nuffield Institute of Comparative Medecine . 5. To collect material for a study of the infestation by parasites of deep water and commercial fish species. 6. To collect water samples for the Radiobiological Laboratory. |
| Chief scientist | J P Bridger (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.30 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of profiles = 1 Description: cast |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Other chemical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 7 Description: seawater |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Biochemical measurements (eg lipids, amino acids) | Quantity: number of species = 8 Description: sera collected |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of samples = 109 Description: fish measured |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 26 Description: pelagic fish |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of samples = 109 Description: fish measured |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of species = 42 Description: 6 samples from 7 species deep frozen |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of species = 6 Description: deep frozen |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of specimens = 128 Description: 37 species examined for parasites |
