RV Cirolana CIR4/86
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR4/86 |
| Cruise period | 1986-04-18 — 1986-04-29 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. Multi-net sampler performance measurements.
2. Performance and use of SM600 sonar. 3. Test parts of Scanmar trawl measurement equipment 4. Sample commercial fish in the Irish Sea; record diseases and parasites. 5. Take selected samples from catches of commercial fish for histological examination. 6. To lay three current meter moorings. 7. Re-lay the tetrapod off Sellafield. 8. Collect a mud sample for AEP4. |
| Chief scientist | Ronald B Mitson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.17 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Bristol Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Irish Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | Quantity: number of deployments = 6 Description: deployed only |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Description: near-bed velocity measurements |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Description: plankton net tests |
| Zooplankton | Description: plankton net tests |
| Demersal fish | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | |
| Long/short range side scan sonar |
