| Title | West Coast Hake Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 050, January 1987 |
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| Authors |
Payne, Andrew |
| Publisher | Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2023) |
| Contributors |
Project Leader: Lamont, Tarron Project Leader: Tutt, Gavin |
| Abstract | The objectives of the cruise were to survey by means of trawling the abundance of adult and recruiting hake; to investigate the the diurnal cycle of hake and other demersal species; to investigate the environment and interrelationships of hake and other demersal species; to establish the offshore limit of hake and monkfish distribution and to collect deep-water specimens of fish and cephalopods; to conduct mouth-opening experiments with transducers on each wing of the net, and to compare the mouth opening and fishing capabilities of V doors and Polyvalent doors; to study community interrelationships and assemblages and to collect data on hake and other species from the International Commission for the South-East Atlantic Fisheries (ICSEAF) Division 1.5, ie: north of the South African border. |
| Data | |
| Temporal extent | 06 Jan 1987 – 31 Jan 1987 |
| Geographic extent |
North: -28.0 |
| Keywords | Africana , Africana 050 , cruise report , sailing orders , SDG 14.4.1 Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels , SDG Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development |
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