RV Cirolana CIR2/73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR2/73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-02-09 — 1973-02-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To take part in the ICES Young Herring Survey.
2. To make surface and bottom temperature and salinity observations. 3. To investigate the distribution of sprat shoals off the north east coast of England, 4. To carry out a continuous echo-survey over the survey region. |
| Chief scientist | P O Johnson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.18 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | 52-25N;01-10W to 57-45N;06-30E |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: activity duration in days = 19 Description: Continuous thermograph |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 19 Description: 1 with T only |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of stations = 19 Description: S only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 26 |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 26 |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Description: deep scattering layers |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
