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RV Clione CLI10/70

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Clione (74CN)
Cruise identifierCLI10/70
Cruise period1970-07-17 — 1970-08-06
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLowestoft, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To use the ARL scanner to observe shoals of especially herring
fished by the pelagic trawl of RV Corella.
2. To gain experience of the use of the scanner in a thermocline area
3. If convenient to observe by scanner and by sonar the fishing action
of drift nets.
4. Observation by scanner of the action of the Dutch herring trawl and reaction of spawning herring to it.
5. To film operations for Civil Service Commission film.
Chief scientistA R Margetts (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportRV Clione CLI10/70 cruise report clione10_70.pdf (0.21 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
BathythermographQuantity: number of profiles = 8
Description: mechanical
Biology and fisheries 
Demersal fishDescription: fish reaction to trawl
Meteorology 
Other meteorological measurementsDescription: sea and swell
Geology and geophysics 
Long/short range side scan sonarQuantity: number of hauls = 26
Description: ARL sector scanner