RV Cirolana CIR2/00
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR2/00 |
| Cruise period | 2000-02-29 — 2000-03-30 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Commercial |
| Objectives | To carry out a trawl survey of the Celtic Sea to obtain information on the distribution and abundance of commercial fish species for stock assessment purposes.
Ancilliary aims include CTD profiles at each trawl station, surface sea-water samples for tritium analysis, benthos survey using a 2m beam trawl at each standard trawl survey station and collection of some phytoplankton samples. |
| Chief scientist | John H Nichols (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.31 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Celtic Sea Bay of Biscay |
| Specific | SW Approaches to UK and West of Ireland - to shelf edge |
| Track charts |  |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: track kilometres = 7037.6 Description: Continuous underway measurements of sea surface temperature and salinity. |
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 67 Description: Surface to seabed CTD profiles at each trawl survey station. |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of stations = 75 Description: Measurements of tritium at surface at each of CTD sampling stations + additional samples in the English Channel. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Zoobenthos | Quantity: number of stations = 61 Description: 2m beam trawl deployments for alll epibenthic species. |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of stations = 86 Description: Trawl samples of fish using a Portuguese high leadline trawl. Fish distribution and abundance. |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of stations = 86 Description: Trawl samples of fish using a Portuguese high leadline trawl. Fish distribution and abundance. |
| Other biological/fisheries measurement | Quantity: number of stations = 86 Description: Trawl samples of fish using a Portuguese high leadline trawl. Fish distribution and abundance. |
