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. |
