RV Cirolana CIR6B/73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR6B/73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-07-13 — 1973-07-26 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To continue and extend studies into the distribution and abundance of fish in
350-600 fm along the continental slope to the West of Britain begun on CIROLANA 4/73. 2. To make hydrographic observations on the Wyville-Thomson Ridge. 3. To obtain sea-water samples from West of Britain for the Fisheries Radio-biologocal Laboratory. |
| Chief scientist | J P Bridger (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Project | Overflow '73 |
| Cruise report |  (0.36 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | 49-00N;05-00W to 60-00N;15-00W |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 26 Description: in southern Celtic Sea S only |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 8 Description: 7 in Overflow data set |
| CTD stations | Description: tests only |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 26 Description: 137Cs samples at surface along ship's track in conjunction with Corella cruise 11/73 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 33 Description: deep trawling at 600-1000m. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 33 Description: deep trawling at 600-1000m. |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Multi-beam echosounding | Description: Ymir Ridge |
