RV Clione CLI15/75
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI15/75 |
| Cruise period | 1975-10-20 — 1975-11-06 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To survey Nephrops distribution & abundance in the fishery off the
Northumberland coast. 2. Tag & release 1000 Nephrops. 3. Diurnal series of hauls at spring & neap tides. 4. Extend present information on Nephrops predation by demersal fish. 5. Collect samples of 10 fish species for chemistry section, Burnham (Dr Portmann). 6. Extend knowledge of sediment properties, south of River Tyne. 7. Sample Pandalid shrimps in cod-end cover. 8. Obtain light values at the seabed. 9. Service hydrographic data buoys along N E coast. Duplicate roscop 1582 |
| Chief scientist | P J Warren (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
| Coordinating body | with DAFS |
| Cruise report |  (0.14 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Description: bottom |
| Contamination | |
| Bottom deposits | Quantity: number of samples = 31 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) | Quantity: number of samples = 31 |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of samples = 34 Description: 36 distribution,population,behaviour |
| Exploratory fishing | Quantity: number of hauls = 3 |
| Meteorology | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Quantity: number of observations = 17 Description: sea and swell |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 31 Description: physical/chemical analysis of sediments |
