RV Clione CLI15/87
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI15/87 |
| Cruise period | 1987-12-02 — 1987-12-22 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To study the migration of plaice moving to and from their spawning grounds in the eastern English Channel in relation to maturity stage, day/night and tide.
2. To collect herring samples for fecundity and age/length determination. 3. To collect cod gonads and blood samples for genetic analysis at Birmingham University. 4. To collect live plaice for experimental laboratory studies. |
| Chief scientist | Geoffrey P Arnold (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | South Falls/ Dover Strait |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 55 Description: worked using midwater trawl, each trawl lasting for three hours. |
