RV Cirolana CIR2/72
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
| Cruise identifier | CIR2/72 |
| Cruise period | 1972-02-03 — 1972-02-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Fisheries |
| Objectives | 1. To participate in the ICES Young Herring Survey.
2. To make bottom temperature and salinity observations as required by the ICES hydrographer. 3. To monitor chlorophyll using a fluorometer for under way sampling. 4. To collect herring of the 1969 year class for Dr Portman. |
| Chief scientist | A C Burd (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 21 Description: 1 with S only |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) | Quantity: number of measurements = 52 Description: obtained by fluorometer |
| Pelagic fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 28 Description: popul.surveys carried out with a dutch herring trawl |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
