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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 |