RV Cirolana CIR8/77
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR8/77 |
| Cruise period | 1977-07-12 — 1977-07-27 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out mackerel egg and larval survey.
2. To identify fish concentrations by trawling. 3. To bring back live mackerel eggs (Dr Thompson). 4. To incubate mackerel eggs over the temperature range 15-25 C. 5. To collect and deep freeze fish specimens for fish identification courses (Mr Blacker). 6. To collect and reserve fish hearts for ageing studies (Dr Walker). 7. To test auto analyser and HIAC particle counter. |
| Chief scientist | Stephen J Lockwood (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.16 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bay of Biscay North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: T only |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 84 Description: surface only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Eggs and larvae | Quantity: number of stations = 84 |
