RV Cirolana CIR2/75
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR2/75 |
| Cruise period | 1975-02-04 — 1975-02-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To participate in the ICES Young Herring Survey hauls with the Dutch herring trawl to be made in each of the I8 rectangles allocated to RV CIROLANA in the central and southern North Sea. Up to 4 hauls to be made per rectangle
for herring and gadoids according to the degree of priority set for each rectangle by the ICES North Sea Young Herring Working Group. 2. To attempt to sample 0-group herring, within the length range 20-40 m, using a Boothbay Net. 3. To make temperature and salinity observations (surface and seabed) within each of the rectangles fished. |
| Chief scientist | R J Wood (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Project | ICES International Young Fish Survey |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.23 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 15 Description: T only |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 21 Description: 18 T surface |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 12 |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 41 |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 41 |
