Preliminary Report Cruise No. I - Surveys of the Fish Resources of Congo and Gabon, 25 January - 8 February 1989













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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 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 surveys. 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.


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1. Introduction

2. Hydrography

3. Fish distribution

4. Results of the fishing experiments

ANNEX I. LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS OF SAMPLES OF MAIN SPECIES, GABON

ANNEX II. LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS OF SAMPLES OF MAIN SPECIES, CONGO

ANNEX III. RECORDS OF FISHING STATIONS

ANNEX IV. INSTRUMENTS AND FISHING GEAR USED