INTRODUCTION

By agreement between the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and the Norwegian Agency for International Development (NORAD), the fishery research vessel “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” is scheduled to undertake two surveys of the fishery resources in Tanzanian waters in 1982.

This is a brief preliminary report of the first cruise that was carried out in the period 16 June - 8 July 1982.

The vessel is operated by the Institute of Marine Research in Bergen, Norway, and local scientists participate in the cruises.

The research staff were:

Norwegian:	Tanzanian:
Bjørn Bakken	Kamazima M. Lwiza (until 30.6)
Harald Kismul	Burton A.S. Mwamoto (until 30.6)
Kåre Lauvås	Makame M. Hassan
Sigmund Myklevoll	Magnus A.K. Ngoile
Tore Mørk	Harish B. Pratap (from 1.7)
	James Yonazi (from 1.7)

The research programme included hydrographical transects, acoustic survey of coastal and offshore waters, demersal trawling in shallow areas and the depth interval 200 - 500 metres. Sampling of mesopelagic species of the Myctophidae family was also part of the programme.