Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
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Cruise identifier | CLI9/83 |
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Cruise period | 1983-07-07 — 1983-07-26 |
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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 carry out a groundfish survey.
2. Examine stomach contents of a wide range of fish species.
3. Laying and recovery of Nab Tower current meter rig (AEP3)
4. Collect surface water samples for AEP1
5. Trials of atomic absorption spectrophotometer - Cambridge University. |
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Chief scientist | David B Bennett (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.21 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bristol Channel Bay of Biscay North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
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Track charts | |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Current meters | Quantity: number of recoveries = 2 Description: current meters recovered;8 days |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 35 Description: Caesium 137 (Cs-137) |
Biology and fisheries | |
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Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 46 Description: Granton trawls. |
Molluscs | Quantity: number of hauls = 46 |