RV Cirolana CIR7/75
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR7/75 |
| Cruise period | 1975-07-05 — 1975-07-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To obtain cod tissue specimens for biochemical and genetic analyses of races.
2. To take a series of seawater samples for a baseline study of trace elements. |
| Chief scientist | Alan Jamieson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.31 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North West Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Description: surface only |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Description: T only |
| Contamination | |
| Trace metals | |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 37 Description: Cs-137 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 8 Description: Cod blood group monotoring, population and pathology studies on 8 fishing banks |
| Meteorology | |
| Routine standard measurements |
