REPORT ON THE SURVEYS OF ANGOLA'S MARINE FISH RESOURCES JANUARY 1985 - JUNE 1986 CONTENTS

This report is prepared in the Institute of Marine Research, Bergen by T. Strømme and G. Sætersdal with the assistance of O. Alvheim and H. Ullebust. Chapter 2 Hydrography is prepared by Fontes Pereira.

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CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Programme background

1.2 Investigational effort

1.3 Methods of investigations

2. THE ANGOLAN SEA

2.1 The shelf area

2.2 Hydrography

2.2.1 Introduction

2.2.2 Hydrographic regimes

2.2.3 Discussion

3. THE FISH RESOURCES, COMPOSITION, DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Survey results

3.2.1 Small pelagic sardine-like fish, pelagic type 1

3.2.2 Other small pelagic fish, pelagic type 2

3.2.3 Demersal shelf resources

3.2.4 Deep water slope resources

4. ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCE POTENTIALS

4.1 Review of the biomass estimates

4.2 State of the resources and management situation

5. RESULTS OF FISHING EXPERIMENTS, CATCH COMPOSITIONS AND CATCH RATES

Figures 1 – 12

Annex 1. Description of instruments and fishing gear

Annex 2. Participating scientific staff

Annex 3. List of names of common species

Annex 4. Contents of data file report