The research vessel “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” is scheduled to undertake several fishery resources surveys in the North Arabian Sea during 1983-84. These investigations are part of the UNDP/FAO Global Programme GLO/82/001.
The first cruise in Iranian waters under this programme was carried out in late September 1983. The survey programme included acoustical survey for the purpose of mapping fish distribution and abundance estimation, trawling for identification of echo recordings and biological sampling, and hydrographical work.
The vessel carried out similar surveys in these waters during the North Arabian Sea Programme 1975-76. These investigations are reported in five cruise reports and further analysis of the collected data is presented by Kesteven et al. (1981).
The scientific staff:
Sigmund Myklevoll (cruise leader), George H.P. de Bruin, Tor Solberg, Kjell Strømsnes, Helge Abrahamsen, Tore Mørk, all from the Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway.Iranian participants: Asghar Eidizadeh Azimi, Persian Gulf Center of Research, Fisheries and Development, Busher, and Ahmad Mirza Khani, Shilat Jonoub Co., Research Office, Teheran.
