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RV Cirolana CIR2/82
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
Cruise identifier | CIR2/82 |
Cruise period | 1982-01-27 — 1982-02-15 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Fisheries |
Objectives | 1. To participate in the ICES international young fish survey for 1-group herring and gadoids.
2. To sample post-larval herring using the Isaacs Kidd midwater trawl. 3. To take surface and bottom temperature and salinity readings on each trawl. |
Chief scientist | W G Parnell (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
Project | IYFS |
Coordinating body | ICES |
Cruise report | (0.17 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel |
Specific | North Sea |
Track charts | |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 50 Description: top & bottom S only |
Biology and fisheries | |
Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 68 Description: tows made using the Isaacs Kid trawl. |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 50 Description: GOV trawls carried out in 34 out of the 35 ICES rectangles allocated to England. |
Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 6 Description: GOV trawls made off the Dutch coast to determine whether cod were present in sufficient numbers for tagging. |