RV Cirolana CIR5A/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR5A/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-05-23 — 1974-06-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To collect cod tissues and larvae for biochemical and genetical analyses of stocks.
2. To investigate deep trawling in the Iceland-Faroes Channel. 3. To collect cod erythrocytes for Dr Dando, MBA, Plymouth. 4. To collect fish specimens and fish sera for the Departments of Radiography and Histology, Nuffield Institute of Comparative Medecine. 5. To collect fish parasites. |
| Chief scientist | Alan Jamieson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.26 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Atlantic Ocean North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Bathythermograph | Quantity: number of profiles = 5 |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 8 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 50 |
| Nekton | Quantity: number of samples = 26 |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of samples = 50 |
| Birds | Quantity: number of samples = 90 |
| Gear research | |
| Exploratory fishing | Quantity: number of hauls = 33 |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of samples = 14 Description: parasites of fish |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of samples = 7 Description: cod protein typing |
