RV Clione CLI1/83
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI1/83 |
| Cruise period | 1983-01-06 — 1983-01-17 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an acoustic survey for sprat, as part of an ICES co-ordinated programme, in the Thames Estuary, Southern Bight, Wash and west central North Sea, north to 54º 30' N and offshore to 4º 30' E.
2. To sample any major concentrations with a mid-water trawl. 3. To undertake an intership calibration run with RV EXPLORER. 4. To collect species of fish for fish identification courses. Cancelled due to a lack of suitable traces. |
| Chief scientist | P O Johnson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Project | ICES Sprat Acoustic Survey (Fr) |
| Coordinating body | ICES |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | North Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 Description: hauls made using an International Young Gadoid Trawl |
| Acoustic reflection on marine organisms. | Quantity: track kilometres = 2461.308 |
