RV Cirolana CIR5/81
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR5/81 |
| Cruise period | 1981-05-06 — 1981-05-26 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To collect plankton samples in the Celtic Sea with a 20" unencased TTN.
2. To collect plankton samples in the Celtic Sea with the IMER Undulating Oceanographic Recorder (UOR). 3. To trawl for mackerel, scad and blue whiting in the Celtic Sea. 4. To catch post larval mackerel with a neuston net. 5. To trawl for spawning sprats in Lyme Bay, fertilise eggs and rear to hatching. |
| Chief scientist | Stephen J Lockwood (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.20 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bristol Channel Bay of Biscay North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Celtic Sea/Lyme Bay |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: T only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 93 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 93 |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 10 Description: hauls made with Portuguese High Headline trawl. |
