Preliminary Report Cruise No. II - Surveys of the Fish Resources of Angola













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CRUISE REPORTS "DR FRIDTJOF NANSEN"

NORAD - FAO/UNDP GLO 82/001

IMR, Bergen

The DR FRIDTJOF NANSEN RESEARCH PROGRAMME is sponsored by The Norwegian Agency for Development Assistance NORAD, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO, and the United Nations Development Programme UNDP. The programme is being conducted and planned under agreements between the government of Angola, FAO's Department of Fisheries and the Institute of Marine Research, Norway. Its execution is the responsibility of the Institute of Marine Research, Bergen in cooperation with the Centro de Investigacao Pesqueira of the Ministry of Fisheries, Luanda and FAO.

The programme will comprise several surveys. This cruise report describes the work and some of the findings of the second survey. Full reports will be issued after the completion of the programme.

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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PART 1 - CUNENE to TOMBUA and TOMBUA to BENGUELA, 23-30 April 1989

1. Introduction

2. Hydrography

3. Fish distribution and abundance from the acoustic system

4. Results of the fishing experiments, catch compositions and swept area biomass estimates

ANNEX I. CUNENE - BENGUELA. LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS OF MAIN SPECIES

ANNEX II. CUNENE - BENGUELA. RECORDS OF FISHING STATIONS

ANNEX III. INSTRUMENTS AND FISHING GEAR USED

PART 2 - BENGUELA to LUANDA and LUANDA to CABINDA, 30 April-29 May 1989

1. Introduction

2. Hydrography

3. Fish distribution and abundance from the acoustic system

4. Results of the fishing experiments, catch compositions and swept area biomass estimates

ANNEX I. BENGUELA - CABINDA. LENGTH DISTRIBUTION OF MAIN SPECIES

ANNEX II. BENGUELA - CABINDA. RECORDS OF FISHING STATIONS (PROJECT STATION 231-325)

ANNEX II. BENGUELA - CABINDA. RECORDS OF FISHING STATIONS (PROJECT SATION 326-418)