RV Cirolana CIR9C/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR9C/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-12-03 — 1974-12-15 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an acoustic survey for pelagic fish shoals.
2. Midwater trawling for trace identification. |
| Chief scientist | P O Johnson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: track kilometres = 3167 Description: T only |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 5 Description: S surface only |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Isotopes | Quantity: number of samples = 5 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: 1550nm biomass determination |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Quantity: track kilometres = 2870.6 Description: echo-records |
