A Survey on the Fish Resources at Sofala Bank - Mozambique - May-June 1983













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BY

L. BRINCA, V. MASCARENHAS, B. PALHA DE SOUSA, L. PALHA DE SOUSA,
I.M. SOUSA, R. SÆTRE AND I. TIMOCHIN

REPORTS ON SURVEYS WITH THE R/V “DR. FRIDTJOF NANSEN”

INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO PESQUEIRA - MAPUTO
INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH - BERGEN
NOVEMBER 1984

«Dr. Fridtjof Nansen»

The fishery research vessel «Dr. Fridtjof Nansen» belongs to the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD). It was designed and built for scientific and exploratory investigations of fishery resources of developing countries, under a joint plan with the Fisheries Department of FAO based on a funding of operation to be shared by FAO and Norway.

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.


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1. INTRODUCTION

2. METHODS

3. HYDROGRAPHY

4. FISH DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE

5. THE SMALL ANCHOVY

6. OTHER SMALL PELAGIC FISH

7. DEMERSAL FISH

8. SHALLOW-WATER SHRIMP

9. REFERENCES

ANNEXES

Annex 1. Record of fishing operation
Annex 2. Anchovy - Length distributions and maturity stages
Annex 3. Small pelagic fish. Length distributions and maturity stages
Annex 4. Demersal fish. Length distribution and maturity stages
Annex 5. Shallow water shrimp. Design of the survey and worksheet for the computations