Preliminary Report Cruise No. II - Surveys of the Fish Resources on the Pacific Shelf between Southern Mexico and Colombia - Part 2: Nicaragua - Honduras - El Salvador, 20 May to 2 June 1987

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CRUISE REPORTS “DR FRIDTJOF NANSEN”

NORAD - FAO/UNDP GLO 82/001

IMR, Bergen

The research programme SURVEYS OF THE FISH RESOURCES ON THE PACIFIC SHELF BETWEEN SOUTHERN MEXICO AND COLOMBIA is Sponsored by The Norwegian Agency for Development Assistance NORAD, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO, and the United Nations Development Programme UNDP. The programme is being planned through the OLDEPESCA/FAO Working Group on Fisheries Research in the Region of Central America and Panama. Its execution is the responsibility of the Institute of Marine Research, Bergen in cooperation with FAO and national fisheries administrations.

The programme will comprise four coverages of the region. This preliminary cruise report describes the work and some of the findings of the second. Pull reports will be issued after the completion of the programme.

This electronic document has been scanned using optical character recognition (OCR) software and careful manual recorrection. Even if the quality of digitalisation is high, the FAO declines all responsibility for any discrepancies that may exist between the present document and its original printed version.

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1. Introduction

2. Narrative

3. Hydrography

4. Fish distribution

5. Results of fishing experiments

6. Catch of oceanic squid

7. Fish biology

ANNEX 1. DESCRIPTION OF TRAWL AND FISH TRAPS - APENDICE 1. DESCRIPCION DE RED DE ARRASTRE Y TRAMPAS

ANNEX 2. RECORD OF FISHING STATIONS, NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS

ANNEX 3. RECORD OF FISHING STATIONS, EL SALVADOR

ANNEX 4. POOLED LENGTH FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS OF MAIN SPECIES CAUGHT