Tasks. The agreed work tasks included the following: To conduct an acoustic fishing survey for small pelagic fish on the shelf; to conduct bottom trawling experiments for demersal fish, deep water shrimp, langostino and squid. The hydrographic profiles run during the previous survey were to be repeated.
Survey plan. This was largely to be a repetition of the programme of Survey II with special emphasis on the nearshore area and largely excluding the broad offshore deep part of the shelf in the Gulf of Tehuantepec where the fauna seems mainly to consist of manta shrimp - Squilla. In addition to the swept area programme for demersal fish in shallow waters there was interest in expanding the experimental trawling for crystal shrimp and shelf squid in in the depth range 50 - 100 m.
Scientific staff. The following participated from the region;
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Guatemala: |
Fernando Rosales, Antonio Salaverria. |
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Mexico: |
Armando Arias, Miguel Cisneros. |
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From FAO: |
Luis Villegas. |
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The vessels own scientific staff was: Ingvald Svellingen,
Oddgeir Alvheim and Martin Dahl. |
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