RV Cirolana CIR9/73
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR9/73 |
| Cruise period | 1973-10-25 — 1973-11-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To survey the fish stocks off West Greenland as part of the ICNAF
co-ordinated groundfish survey programme. 2. To make hydrographic observations in the fishing area. 3. To obtain blood and tissue specimens from cod for biochemical-genetic tags. 4. To obtain fish serum for a comparative vitamin-D study (Nuffield Institute). |
| Chief scientist | Leon Birkett (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.31 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of profiles = 37 |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 15 Description: 16 with T only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 18 Description: population surveys of commercial and non-commercial fish, and also mammals |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 18 Description: population surveys of commercial and non-commercial fish, and also mammals |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: ice observations |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
