RV Clione CLI12A/86
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI12A/86 |
| Cruise period | 1986-10-14 — 1986-10-19 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To survey the proposed Hastings Shingle Bank aggregate extraction site using sidescan sonar with grabbing for ground truth, trawling and dredging.
2. To carry out a monitoring survey of the Bristol Channel sewage sludge dumpsites using grabbing, coring and dredging. Abandoned due to the onset of storm conditions. 3. To survey Swansea Bay dredged material dumpsite using sidescan sonar, grabbing and beam trawling. |
| Chief scientist | Steven M Rowlatt (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Burnham Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | English Channel/ Bristol Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of samples = 27 Description: Grab samples as a reconnaissance survey to assess the variability of sediments. |
| Long/short range side scan sonar |
