PROJECT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FISHERIES IN THE EASTERN
CENTRAL ATLANTIC |
CECAF/ECAF SERIES 78/8 (En) |
FISHERY COMMITTEE FOR THE EASTERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC |
Held at the
"CENTRE DE RECHERCHES OCEANOGRAPHIQUES DE
DAKAR-THIAROYE"
14-19 November 1977
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED
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UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Rome, 1979
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2.1 Canoe fisheries
2.2 Local semi-industrial and industrial fisheries
2.3 Non-local distant fisheries
3.1 Nature of bottoms in the area between 19°N and 4°30'N
3.1.1. Muddy bottoms.
3.1.2. Hard sandy bottoms
3.1.3. Rocky banks
3.1.4. Sandy-mud bottom at the edge of the continental shelf3.2 Relationship between the type of bottom and distribution of demersal fish species
4. AVAILABILITY OF DATA FOR THE GROUPS OF DEMERSAL STOCKS
5.1 General
5.2 Hydrography and its influence on the life cycle of demersal fish stocks in the area
5.3 Migrations and reproduction
5.4 Latitudinal stratification of stocks
6. DESCRIPTION OF FISHERIES IN THE SHERBRO DIVISION (34.3.3)
7. DESCRIPTION OF FISHERIES IN THE CAPE VERDE COASTAL DIVISION (34.3.1)
7.1 Guinea
7.2 Guinea Bissau
7.3 Senegal/Gambia area and southern Mauritania
8. OCCURRENCE OF BALISTES CAPRISCUS
8.1 Exploitation
8.2 Result of acoustic and trawling surveys
8.3 Causes of the B. capriscus bloom
9. ANALYSIS OF CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT DATA
10. ASSESSMENT OF THE VARIOUS STOCKS
11. STATE OF EXPLOITATION OF THE DEMERSAL RESOURCES
Appendix 1: List of participants
Appendix 3: Availability of catch data for coastal soft bottom stocks
Appendix 4: Availability of catch data for coastal hard bottom stocks
Appendix 6 Inventory of biological data on major demersal fish species off West Africa