Status Report No. 1 - Survey Results of "Dr. Fridtjof Nansen" 1975













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INDIAN OCEAN FISHERY AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
PELAGIC FISH ASSESSMENT SURVEY NORTH ARABIAN SEA

Sub-contractor: Institute of Marine Research, Bergen

Bergen, April 1976

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INTRODUCTION

METHOD

SURVEY RESULTS

Main distribution patterns
Total relative abundance
The North Kenya banks and the Somali coast south of 2°N
Sub-area 1. Somali coast 2°-5°N
Sub-area 2. Somali coast 5°-10°N
Sub-area 3. North-east Somali coast
Sub-area 4. North Somali coast
Sub-area 5. West Yemen coast
Sub-area 6. East Yemen coast
Sub-area 7. South-east Oman coast
Sub-area 8. The Gulf of Oman
Sub-area 9. West Pakistan coast
Sub-area 10. South Pakistan coast
Mesopelagic fish
0-group fish and plankton

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

ANNEXES