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DEMERSAL FISH ASSEMBLAGES IN LIBERIA, GHANA,TOGO,BENIN AND CAMEROON



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PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FISHERIES IN
THE EASTERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC INT/81/014
FISHERY COMMITTEE FOR THE EASTERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC
CECAF/ECAF SERIES 83/26 (En)

by
L. Villegas

and
S.Garcia

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UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Rome,November 1983 © FAO


TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.INTRODUCTION
2.DATA SOURCES AND METHODS
3.RESULTS
 3.1Test of the Methodology
 3.2Country Results
  3.2.1Liberia
  3.2.2Ghana
  3.2.3Togo-Benin
  3.2.4Cameroon
4.DISCUSSION
5.CONCLUSIONS AND FOLLOW-UP
6.REFERENCES

LIST OF TABLES

1.Liberia: Most Frequent Species in the Demersal Assemblages
2.Average catch per hour (kg/h) for the main components of the sparid assemblage in the Ivory Coast and Liberia
3.Ghana: Most Frequent Species in the Demersal Assemblages
4.Relative abundance of some species caught during bottom trawling surveys in Ghana and the Ivory Coast
5.Togo-Benin: Most Frequent Species in the Demersal Assemblages
6.Cameroon: Most Frequent Species in the Demersal Assemblages

ANNEXES

1.Shelf Demersal Species Assemblages in the Gulf of Guinea (modified from Fager and Longhurst, 1968)
2.Equivalence of Terms Used in the Bottom Chart for Cameroon

MAPS

1.Liberia North
 1.1Bottom chart
 1.2Sparids assemblage main components distribution
 1.3Assemblages
2.Liberia Center
 2.1Bottom chart
 2.2Sparids assemblages main components distribution
 2.3Assemblages
3.Liberia South
 3.1Bottom chart
 3.2Sparids assemblages main components distribution
 3.3Assemblages
4.West Ghana
 4.1Bottom chart
 4.2Main components distribution (May 1970)
 4.3Main components distribution (August 1970)
 4.4Assemblages
5.East Ghana
 5.1Bottom chart
 5.2Main components distribution (May 1970)
 5.3Main components distribution (August 1970)
 5.4Assemblages
6.Togo-Benin
 6.1Bottom chart
 6.2Main components distribution (warm season, 1963)
 6.3Main components distribution (cold season, 1964)
 6.4Assemblages - Warm season
 6.5Assemblages - Cold season
7.Cameroon
 7.1Bottom chart
 7.2Assemblages
 7.3Main components distribution