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FAO Fisheries Circular No. 991
Summary and Review of Soviet and Ukrainian Scientific and Commercial
Fishing Operations on the Deepwater Ridges of the Southern Indian Ocean
Edited by
Evgeny V. Romanov
Chief
World Ocean Fisheries Resources Department
Southern Scientific Research Institute of
Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (YugNIRO)
Crimea, Ukraine
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SOUTHERN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MARINE FISHERIES
AND OCEANOGRAPHY
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2003
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ISSN 0429-9329
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Romanov, E.V. (ed.)
Summary and review of Soviet and Ukrainian scientific and
commercial fishing operations on the deepwater ridges of the southern Indian
Ocean.
FAO Fisheries Circular. No. 991. Rome, FAO. 2003.
84p.
ABSTRACT
This document describes the pioneering fisheries exploration
undertaken of the deepwater ridges of the southern Indian Ocean. The general
marine physical and geographical characteristics of the area are described
including the climatic conditions. The history of the soviet research and
exploratory cruises is documented together with the results of the acoustic and
trawl surveys. A list of all species encountered is provided and a tabulation of
the cruises with relevant operational details. |
PREFACE
SUMMARY
1. INTRODUCTION (Evgeny V.
Romanov)
2. GENERAL PHYSICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE UNDERWATER RIDGES OF THE SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
(Tatyana I. Burlenko)
3. THE HISTORY OF RESEARCH AND
EXPLORATORY CRUISES IN THE AREA (Sergej I. Usachev, Nikolaj A. Ivanin,
Evgeny V. Romanov and Galina M. Kogomatchenko)
4. FISHERIES (Alevtina A.
Shumatova, Leonid K. Pshenichnov and Evgeny V.
Romanov)
5. RESEARCH, SCOUTING AND
EXPLORATORY FISHERIES SURVEYS
5.1. Trawl surveys (Nikolaj A. Ivanin, Galina M.
Kogomatchenko and Evgeny V. Romanov)
5.1.1. Gear
5.1.2. Cruises
5.2. Vertical mechanized lines (Evgeny V. Romanov)
5.3. Bottom longlines (Nikolaj N. Kukharev and Evgeny
V. Romanov)
5.4. Lobster pot fishing (Nikolaj N. Kukharev)
6. ACOUSTIC AND TRAWL SURVEYS
(Nikolaj A. Ivanin)
7. SURVEY
RESULTS
8. DISCUSSION
9. LITERATURE
CITED
APPENDIXES
I. List of species recorded at the seamounts of
the Southern Indian Ocean during Soviet research expeditions in 1969-1998
II. List of Ukrainian research and exploratory expeditions
of Southern Indian Ocean seamounts
III. Soviet commercial vessels that operated in the
Southern Indian Ocean
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