Western Indian Ocean fishery resources survey

Abstract

This technical report summarizes findings and provisional analyses of the data accumulated during the course of the resources survey in the coastal waters of eastern Africa, from Somalia south of the equator to 27°S, including Madagascar and the Mauritius Seychelles Ridge. Due to late arrival of authorization, Madagascar and Somalia waters were eventually excluded from the survey programme. Provisional results are presented in tabular form supplemented by fish distribution/density maps. The surv ey data, after further analyses, will be presented in a technical data report to follow.