RV Cirolana CIR8B/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR8B/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-10-23 — 1974-10-31 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Acoustic survey of pelagic fish using the KH Humber gear and the Simrad echo-integrator.
2. Trace identification by means of midwater trawling. |
| Chief scientist | C Timothy Macer (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Gear research | Description: new method of attaching headline transducer |
| Exploratory fishing | Quantity: number of hauls = 2 Description: anchovy and mackerel |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Single-beam echosounding | Description: acoustic grid, most traces within 12 mile limit |
