Preliminary Report Cruise No. IV - Surveys of the Fish Resources in the Shelf Region between Colombia and Suriname - Part 4: Colombia from the Guajira Peninsula to Santa Maria, 6 - 11 December 1988
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CRUISE REPORTS "DR FRIDTJOF NANSEN"
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NORAD - FAO/UNDP GLO 82/001
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IMR, Bergen
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The research programme SURVEYS OF THE FISH RESOURCES IN THE
SHELF REGION FROM COLOMBIA TO SURINAME 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 planned jointly by the participating countries, FAO,s
Department of Fisheries and the Institute of Marine Research, Norway. Its
execution is the responsibility of the Institute of Marine Research in
cooperation with FAO and national fisheries administrations.The programme will comprise several coverages of the region.
This cruise report describes the work and some of the findings of the first
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.
1.
Introduction.
2. Narrative.
3.
Hydrography.
4. Fish
distribution.
5. Results of the fishing
experiments.
ANNEX 1. DESCRIPTION OF PELAGIC AND
BOTTOM TRAWL
ANNEX 2. RECORDS OF FISHING
STATIONS
ANNEX 3. POOLED LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS OF MAIN SPECIES CAUGHT COLOMBIA