Tasks. The agreed work tasks was a follow-up of the previous surveys conducted, and 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 and langostinos; and to test the availability of squid off the shelf with light and jigging. The hydrographic profiles run during the previous survey were to be repeated. More emphasis was put in sampling the nearshore areas, as the slope areas were extensely covered in the previous survey.
Survey plan. The allocation of survey effort between the different tasks and areas was based on the experience from the three previous surveys. More emphasis were put in sampling the nearshore areas, as the slope were extensely covered in the previous surveys. The swept area trawl survey for demersal fish inshore at 15 - 50 m depth was limited to daytime, while. A few tests were made in trawling for dart squid at intermediate depths in areas where good catches had previously been made. Squid jigging was only tried with light at night.
Scientific staff: The following participated from the region:
Nicaragua: Manuel Perez, Jose VillalobosThe Minister of Fisheries in Nicaragua, Mr Francisco Lacayo Barborena and Resident Representative of FAO in Nicaragua, Mr. Jose Garcia, joined the vessel from 18 to 19 November.Honduras: Luis Morales
El Salvador: Juan Ulloa, Orlando Villatoro
From FAO: Alvaro Abella, Martina Scneider
The scientific staff of IMR was: Tore Strømme, Helge Ullebust, Terje Haugland and Erling Molvær.
