Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
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Cruise identifier | CLI2/78 |
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Cruise period | 1978-02-02 — 1978-02-11 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To tag spawning cod in the eastern English Channel, Southern Bight and middle North Sea (migration - Mr Houghton).
2. To collect 15 ripe female and 5 ripe male plaice and return them alive to Lowestoft (genetics - Mr D Thompson).
3. To collect 10 large and preferably spent plaice and return them alive to Lowestoft (fish physiology - Dr M Greer Walker).
4. To collect approx 500 plaice eggs and deliver them to Lowestoft (television film - Mr J Nichols).
5. To obtain length and girth measurements of cod, haddock and whiting in the North Sea and English Channel. (North Sea Roundfish Working Group - Mr C Macer).
6. To freeze a variety of fish specimens and deliver to Lowestoft (Fish Identification Course - Mr R Blacker). |
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Chief scientist | R G Houghton (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.16 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel North Sea |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Taggings | Quantity: number of specimens = 596 |