Preliminary Report Cruise No. I - Surveys of the Fish Resources in the Shelf Region Between Colombia and Suriname - Part 1: The Guianas from the Maroni River to the Serpents Mouth 21 January - 7 February, 1988.

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CRUISE REPORTS “DR FRIDTJOF NANSEN”

NORAD - FAO/UNDP GLO 82/001

IMR, Bergen

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. This programme is being planned jointly by the participating countries, FAO’s Department of Fisheries and 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.

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1. INTRODUCTION

Survey objectives
Participation

2. NARRATIVE

3. HYDROGRAPHY

4. FISH DISTRIBUTION

The Suriname shelf
The Guyana shelf
Venezuela and the Joint Fishing Area south of Trinidad

5. RESULTS OF FISHING EXPERIMENTS

Suriname
Guyana
Venezuela and the Joint Fishing Area south of Trinidad

FIGURES

ANNEX 1. DESCRIPTION OF TRAWL - APENDICE 1. DESCRIPCION DE RED DE ARRASTRE

ANNEX 2. RECORDS OF FISHING STATIONS

ANNEX 3. POOLED LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS OF MAIN SPECIES CAUGHT, SURINAME

ANNEX 4. POOLED LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS OF MAIN SPECIES CAUGHT, GUYANA

ANNEX 5. POOLED LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS OF MAIN SPECIES CAUGHT, VENEZUELA

ANNEX 6. LIST OF SPECIES CAUGHT