Preliminary Report Cruise No. I - Surveys of the Fish Resources of Angola













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NORAD - FAO/UNDP GLO 82/001

IMR, Bergen


The DR FRIDTJOF NANSEN RESEARCH PROGRAMME 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 conducted and planned under agreements between the government of Angola, FAO's Department of Fisheries and the Institute of Marine Research, Norway. Its execution is the responsibility of the Institute of Marine Research, Bergen in cooperation with the Centro de Investigacao Pesqueira of the Ministry of Fisheries, Luanda and FAO.

The programme will comprise several surveys. This cruise report describes the work and some of the findings of the first survey. Full reports will be issued after the completion of the programme.

Preliminary Report Cruise No I. - Part 2 has been prepared by G. Saetersdal, T. Str¢mme, O. Alvheim IMR and Antonio Fontes Pereira, CIP, March 1989.

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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Preliminary Report Cruise No I. - Part 1: Cunene to Tombua and Tombua to Benguela, 13-19 February 1989

1. Introduction

2. Hydrography

3. Fish distribution and abundance from the acoustic system

4. Results of the fishing experiments, catch compositions and swept area biomass estimates

Annex I. Cunene - Tombua. Length distributions of main species

Annex II. Cunene - Benguela. Records of fishing stations

Annex III. Instruments and fishing gear used

Preliminary Report Cruise No I. - Part 2: Benguela to Luanda and Luanda to Cabinda, 19 February - 16 March 1989

1. Introduction

2. Hydrography

3. Fish distribution and abundance from the acoustic system

4. Results of the fishing experiments, catch compositions and swept area biomass estimates

Annex I. Benguela - Cabinda. Length distributions of main species

Annex II. Benguela - Cabinda. Records of fishing stations - Project station: 37 - Project station: 100

Annex II. Benguela - Cabinda. Records of fishing stations - Project station: 101 - Project station: 187