RV Clione CLI10/86
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI10/86 |
| Cruise period | 1986-08-20 — 1986-09-04 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out an acoustic survey for spawning herring concentrations off the north east coast of England between the Longstone and Outer Dowsing, offshore to the western edge of the Dogger Bank. A towed body with 38kHz transducer and echo-integration equipment will be used.
2. To obtain herring samples using mid-water trawl for age, maturity, fecundity and feeding studies. 3. To make CTD observations on herring spawning sites. |
| Chief scientist | P O Johnson (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.11 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | W. Central N. Sea |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 1 |
| Other physical oceanographic measurements | Quantity: track kilometres = 2818.744 Description: acoustic stations |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 5 |
