RV Clione CLI12/87
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI12/87 |
| Cruise period | 1987-09-15 — 1987-10-04 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To carry out a survey for 0- and 1-group gadoids in the northwestern Irish Sea using the granton trawl.
2. To carry out a pre-recruit flatfish survey in the eastern Irish Sea using the 3m beam trawl. 3. To investigate the distribution of pre-recruit flatfish in the Bristol Channel using the 3m beam trawl. 4. To investigate the distribution and abundance of yolk sac herring lavae and on the spawning grounds east of the Isle of Man. |
| Chief scientist | David J Symonds (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 |
| Specific | Irish Sea/ Bristol Channel |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 20 |
| Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 20 |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 94 |
