Preliminary Cruise Report R/V "Dr. Fridtjof Nansen" - Survey of the Pelagic Community from Freetown to Agadir, February, March 1982












Table of Contents

FAO/UNDP/NORAD FISHERIES RESOURCES SURVEY WEST AFRICA

TRANSFER OF VESSEL:

DEPARTURE: Tenerife 2 February
ARRIVAL: Dakar 6 February
SURVEY:
DEPARTURE: Dakar 8 February
ARRIVAL: Tenerife 5 April

CALL ON:

Dakar 9-11 February, 1-3 March
Nouadhibou 8 March, 17 March
Agadir 21-23 March, 3 March - 1 April
SCIENTIFIC STAFF:

From the Institute of Marine Research, Bergen:

Mr. Tore Strfmme (cruise leader 6 February - 2 March)
Mr. Gudmund Vestnes (cruise leader 2 March - 5 April)
Mr. Æyvind Skåtun (research technichian)
Mr. Lech Piekutowski (acoustician)
Mr. Ingvald Svellingen (instrument chief)
Mr. Tore Mfrk (instrument technichian)
From NORAD:
Mr. O.A. Lunder (21 March - 5 April, observer)
From CRODT, Dakar:
Mr. L. le Reste (8-9 February)
Mr. Bonbacar Ba (3-8 March)
From Directorate General des Peches, Guinea:
Mr. C. Bangoura (11 February - 2 March)
From CECAF, Dakar (3-8 March)
Mr. Michael Ansa-Emmin
Mr. Tsugiharu Shimura
Mr. Marc Bellemans
From CNROP, Nouadhibou (8-17 March)
Mr. Mamadou Diabate
Mr. Valeri Chlibanov
From UNDP/FAO Project, Casablanca (23-31 March)
Mr. Michel Lamboeuf
Mr. Salah Bencherifi
This electronic document has been scanned using optical character recognition (OCR) software and careful manual recorrection. Even if the quality of digitalisation is high, the FAO declines all responsibility for any discrepancies that may exist between the present document and its original printed version.

Table of Contents

NARRATIVE

ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS AND FISHING GEAR

PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF SURVEY FINDINGS

APPENDIX