RV Clione CLI6A/84
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI6A/84 |
| Cruise period | 1984-05-08 — 1984-05-21 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To locate and investigate spawning bass by trawling and egg and larval surveys.
2. To obtain visible bass eggs and incubate them at a range of temperatures. 3. To tag adult bass on the spawning grounds. 4. To survey the North Sea south of 52º N and the English Channel east of 0º for sole egg abundance, using the MAFF 53cm plankton sampler. |
| Chief scientist | Michael Gregg Pawson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.15 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | S. North Sea, English Channel, Bristol Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 47 |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Oxygen | Quantity: number of stations = 47 |
| pH | Quantity: number of stations = 47 |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 50 Description: total water column samples taken using a 76cm MG 82 plankton sampler. |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 50 Description: total water column samples taken using a 76cm MG 82 plankton sampler. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 13 Description: fished using an 800 Engels midwater trawl. |
