Report of the Special Working Group on the Evaluation of Demersal Stocks of the Ivory Coast - Zaire Sector













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CECAF/ECAF SERIES/79/14 (En)

PROJECT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FISHERIES IN THE EASTERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC

FISHERY COMMITTEE FOR THE EASTERN CENTRAL ATLANTIC

CENTRE DE RECHERCHES OCEANOGRAPHIQUES
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
13-18 November 1978

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Rome, September 1979

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1. INTRODUCTION

2. GEOGRAPHICAL AND BATHYMETRICAL DISTRIBUTION OF STOCKS

3. HYDROLOGIC FACTORS AFFECTING SPECIES DISTRIBUTION

3.1 Upwelling
3.2 Sediments of Land Origin

4. BALISTES CAPRISCUS DISTRIBUTION AND BIOLOGY

5. AVAILABLE BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS

6. DESCRIPTION OF FISHERIES

7. EVALUATIONS

7.1 Ivory Coast
7.2 Ghana - Togo - Benin
7.3 Nigeria - Cameroon - Equatorial Guinea
7.4 Gabon - Congo - Angola (Cabinda) - Zaire

8. CURRENT EXPLOITATION AND POTENTIAL OF STOCKS

9. REGULATION OF SIZE AT FIRST CAPTURE

10. NEW RESOURCES

11. FUTURE WORK

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Appendix 1: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Appendix 2: AGENDA

Appendix 3: OCCURRENCE OF THE TRIGGER FISH, BALISTES CAPRISCUS (GMEL), ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF OF GHANA

Appendix 4: RAPPORT SUR LA PECHE TOGOLAISE

Appendix 5: RELEVE DES STATISTIQUES DISPONIBLES SUR LA PECHE CAMEROUNAISE

Appendix 6: NIVEAU D'EXPLOITATION DU STOCK DEMERSAL DU PLATEAU CONTINENTAL CONGOLAIS