RV Clione CLI10/76
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI10/76 |
| Cruise period | 1976-06-11 — 1976-06-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To test the new Lowestoft frame trawl for sampling 0- and l-group
gadoids and to compare it with the ICES young gadoid trawl. 2. To measure the distribution of 0- and l-group gadoids between the Wash and Scottish border. 3. To sample and deep freeze organs of female plaice for Mr Birkett. 4. To collect fish for use for demonstration purposes on the Laboratory's Open Day. 5. To collect live brill and sandeels for laboratory use. |
| Chief scientist | John D Riley (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 39 Description: S surface only |
| Transparency (eg transmissometer) | Description: cont. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Description: cont.record of chlorophyll-a |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 74 Description: survey:population,behaviour,distribution etc. |
| Gear research |
