The vessels itinerary was as follows:
Departure Port of Spain: 21 NovemberFigure 1 shows the course tracks and the fishing - and hydrographical stations worked. Only the inshore parts of the eastern shelf from the Dragons Mouth to Cabo Tres Puntas was covered and the hydrographical profile was as proposed for Survey III worked northwards over the shelf from Cabo Tres Puntas. The survey effort was intensive from the Testigos Archipelago westwards past the Tortuga Island, but only the eastern part of the shelf inside the Cariaco Trench was covered. A hydrographical profile was worked from the shore over the Cariaco Trench into deep water to the west of Margarita Island. A detailed net of course tracks were run in the areas of high sardin abundance to the east of and inside the Margarita Island and in the Gulf of Cariaco. Prelocated trawl stations were positioned over the shelf during daytime to cover different depth ranges. Some trawl stations were worked in the depth range 300 - 500 m. The acoustic system was calibrated on in the Gulf of Cariaco using the steel sphere procedure.
Call on La Guaira: 29/30 November.
Arrival Punto Fijo: 6 December.
