RV Cirolana CIR3/85
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR3/85 |
| Cruise period | 1985-03-08 — 1985-04-03 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a depth stratified survey of the Celtic Sea and Bay of Biscay.
2. To sample juvenile fish concentrations. 3. To sample pelagic fish shoals. 4. To sample cod in the Celtic Deeps over 24h periods. |
| Chief scientist | Stephen J Lockwood (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel Bristol Channel Bay of Biscay |
| Specific | Western English Channel, Celtic Sea, Bay of Biscay |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Description: S only |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 51 Description: S surface only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 94 Description: sixty trawl hauls were made with the Portuguese high headline trawl, the remaining thirty four hauls were made with the 2m young flatfish beam trawl. |
