REPORT OF THE TECHNICAL CONSULTATION ON SMALL PELAGIC SPECIES OF THE STATISTICAL DIVISION WESTERN GULF OF GUINEA

PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FISHERIES
IN THE EASTERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC
FISHERY COMMITTEE FOR THE EASTERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC

CECAF/ECAF SERIES 89/47

Oceanographic Research Centre
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
8–12 December 1987

This report has been prepared and published with support from the projects CGP/RAF/215/USA - Support to the CECAF project (West Africa) and GCP/RAF/251/MUL - Assistance to the CECAF programme

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1. INTRODUCTION

2. SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF THE PREVIOUS WORKING GROUPS AND PRESENTATION OF THE STUDY ON FISHERY-CLIMATE (ORSTOM)

3. HYDROGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SUB-REGION

3.1 Summary of the Côte d'Ivoire/Ghana upwelling oceanography

3.2 Calculation of upwelling indices and oceanographic conditions recorded as from 1980

4. DESCRIPTION OF THE PELAGIC FISHERIES

5. ANALYSIS OF FISHERY STATISTICS

5.1 Sardinella aurita