Cruise Report R/V “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” - Fisheries Resources Survey, Iran, 23 September - 1 October 1983

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Reports on Surveys with the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen

OCTOBER 1983

Institute of Marine Research, Bergen

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I. INTRODUCTION

II. NARRATIVE

III. RESULTS

Hydrography
Bottom conditions
Acoustic survey
Fishery

Pelagic fish
Demersal fish
Cartilaginous fishes
Cephalopods
Crustaceans
Mesopelagic fish
Plankton

Surface observations

IV. CONCLUSIONS

V. LITERATURE

ANNEX I: Details of fishing stations with dominant species

ANNEX II: Length frequency distributions of some important species

ANNEX III: Settings and performance of acoustic instruments

ANNEX IV: Hydrographic instruments/methods and fishing gear