Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
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Cruise identifier | CLI2/73 |
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Cruise period | 1973-01-12 — 1973-01-24 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To conduct a bottom topography survey off Boulby, N Yorkshire (proposed
disposal area for potash waste).
2. To conduct a bottom topography, sediment and benthos survey in the vicinity of the Sunk (ie new dumping grounds for sewage, sludge and spoil).
3. To conduct a bottom topography survey in the Barrow Deep.
4. To assess the incidence of lymphocystis and other diseases in flatfish stocks off the Rivers Tyne, Humber & Thames. |
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Chief scientist | Michael S Rolfe (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.23 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Contamination | |
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Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 33 Description: chemical pollution |
Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 33 Description: solid waste pollution |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of samples = 33 |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 17 |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 17 |
Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of samples = 17 Description: biological pollutants |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 33 Description: grabbing survey near a sunken LV in The IHB04;chemical analysis |
Long/short range side scan sonar | Quantity: number of surveys = 3 Description: sector scanner;1 mile off Boulby,Nt.Yorksh.;near sunken LV in The IHB04;Barrow Deep,off the Thames Estuary |