RV Cirolana CIR3/84
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR3/84 |
| Cruise period | 1984-03-08 — 1984-04-04 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Carry out a depth stratified trawl survey of the western Celtic Sea and Bay of Biscay.
2. To sample juvenile fish. 3. To sample pelagic fish shoals. 4. To collect tissue samples for racial studies. |
| Chief scientist | Stephen J Lockwood (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.18 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Norwegian Sea North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | English Channel, Celtic Sea and Bay of Biscay |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: continuous for 14 days, recording T only. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 4 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 4 |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 69 |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 21 |
