Cruise Report “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” - Survey of the Abundance and Distribution of the Fish Resources off Oman from Muscat to Salalah, 1 - 19 March 1983

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Reports on Surveys with the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen

UNDP/FAO PROGRAMME GLO/82/001

APRIL 1983

Institute of Marine Research, Bergen

This report has been prepared by T. Strømme, IMR, Bergen

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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INTRODUCTION

NARRATIVE

HYDROGRAPHY

ACOUSTIC SURVEY

THE TRAWL SURVEY

FISH DISTRIBUTION BY SPECIES

FISHING WITH TRAPS

APPENDIX I

APPENDIX II. INSTRUMENTS AND FISHING GEAR USED

APPENDIX III. SOME LENGTH FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS OF THE DOMINATING SMALL PELAGIC SPECIES

APPENDIX IV. LIST OF THE SPECIES CAUGHT DURING THE SURVEY. SPECIES CODE LIST FOR OMAN SURVEY MAR -83 DATE OF LISTING: 19/03 -83