RV Clione CLI7/72
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Clione (74CN) |
| Cruise identifier | CLI7/72 |
| Cruise period | 1972-05-15 — 1972-05-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To collect turbot in an advanced stage of maturation and return them live to the laboratory for larval rearing experiments.
2. To artificially fertilise turbot eggs at sea, returning live eggs to the laboratory. 3. Collection of turbot and brill gills and guts for parasite studies. 4. Collection of live plankton to examine for infestive stages of parasites. 5. Collection of mature soles for use in genetics studies and larval rearing experiments (Dr Purdom, Mr Thacker). 6. Collection of stomachs of small fish for larval predation studies. 7. Collection of live fish for electrophysioiogy studies (Mr Bye). 8. Collection of osmall fish for feeding to laboratory stocks of turbot and halibut. 9. Routine sampling of plaice and small gadoids (Dr Bannister). |
| Chief scientist | A Jones (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.18 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Exploratory fishing | Quantity: number of hauls = 52 Description: granton trawl |
