Appendix 3: LENGTH COMPOSITIONS

(a) CONGO
(b) ANGOLA

(a) CONGO

Data on Sardinella length distributions in Congo from 1964 to 1978, by month, assembled by

P. M'Fina

N = number of fish measured each month

P = monthly landings in tonnes, by the boats of the major industrialized company, where sampling took place

p = total weight of the monthly samples

LF = fork length

Sources:	Ghéno and Poinsard 1969:	1964-1968
	Ghéno 1971:	1969
	Ghéno and Fontana 1973:	1970-1972
	Bouchereau 1976:	1973-1975
	Centre ORSTOM:	1976-1978

Sardinella aurita - 1964

Sardinella aurita - 1965

Sardinella aurita - 1966

Sardinella aurita - 1967

Sardinella aurita - 1968

Sardinella aurita - 1969

Sardinella aurita - 1970

Sardinella aurita - 1971

Sardinella aurita - 1972

Sardinella aurita - 1973

Sardinella aurita - 1974

Sardinella aurita - 1975

Sardinella aurita - 1976

Sardinella aurita - 1977

Sardinella aurita - 1978

Sardinella maderensis - 1964

Sardinella maderensis - 1965

Sardinella maderensis - 1966

Sardinella maderensis - 1967

Sardinella maderensis - 1968

Sardinella maderensis - 1969

Sardinella maderensis - 1970

Sardinella maderensis - 1971

Sardinella maderensis - 1972

Sardinella maderensis - 1973

Sardinella maderensis - 1974

Sardinella maderensis - 1975

Sardinella maderensis - 1976

Sardinella maderensis - 1977

Sardinella maderensis - 1978

(b) ANGOLA

Monthly length frequency distribution of S. maderensis sampled in Angola (1969 and 1970)

1969

Fork Length (cm)	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
7						0
8						10
9						14			5
10						13	0	0	10
11						36	0	48	9
12						73	0	55	2
13						49	1	30	0
14						61	19	22	0
15						58	37	7	0			0
16						14	19	22	0			0
17						8	7	40	0			0
18						7	7	38	0			1
19						14	9	0	2		1	3
20						9	51	0	16	35	10	21
21						17	27	0	35	99	20	96
22						38	30	1	64	135	20	200
23						79	44	7	48	149	43	198
24						45	64	46	17	183	106	159
25						10	82	72	28	141	82	108
26						1	40	23	6	103	31	41
27						0	5	9	1	62	10	10
28						0	0	0	1	7	1	2
29						0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total						556	422	420	244	915	324	839

1970

Fork Length (cm)	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15	0
16	5
17	6
18	12		2	1
19	65	5	20	0						1
20	180	31	72	18				0	2	33
21	235	119	97	38				4	5	106
22	141	139	52	83				8	2	79
23	86	211	72	110				4	15	61
24	47	110	78	126				9	17	36
25	14	121	22	107				17	7	52
26	4	35	7	47				10	41	45
27		15	0	14				4	70	27
28		2	1	3					74	11
29		0	0	0					6	1
Total	795	788	423	547				56	239	452

Source: Ghéno and Campos Rosado (1972)

S. MADERENSIS, ANGOLA (ST. PAUL DE LUANDA)

1974

Fork Length (cm)	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
8
9
10	4
11	23
12	16			1
13	6			4
14	2		2	12
15			1	18
16			6	14
17			11	2
18			11	4
19			2	4
20				4
21				7			9
22				6	2	1	14
23				2	4		12
24		1		6	6	4
25		3	1	8	19	17	2
26		12	6	13	10	10
27		26	5	7	7	3	2
28		7	25	17	2	3
29		8	14	8		1	1
30		3	22	2		1
31		2	5	1
32			4
33
34			1
Total	51	62	116	140	50	40	40

Source: ICSEAF Sampling Bulletin 1
The length probably refers to total length

MONTHLY LENGTH FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF S. AURITA SAMPLED IN ST. PAUL DE LOANDA, ANGOLA, 1969 and 1970

1969

Fork Length (cm)	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
8						4
9						15			23
10						30	65	1	82
11						5	103	45	33
12						18	31	107	27
13						31	3	31	11
14						6	5	4	4
15						11	5
16
17							2		2
18						1
19						3	5		7
20						7	2		62
21						12	15	3	50		2	4
22						12	27	9	86	5	4	11
23						100	67	14	93	12	14	6
24						147	124	44	96	69	14	20
25						102	98	149	143	97	16	22
26						19	38	65	79	153	24	91
27						5	4	24	19	117	12	87
28							1			13	1	12
29										3
Total						528	595	496	817	469	87	253

Source: Ghéno and Campos Rosado (1972)

1970

Fork Length (cm)	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18	1			1
19
20									1
21				3				6	1
22	2		1	7				8
23			1	18				12
24			4	9				5	8	1
25		2		5				6	5	1
26	3	3		4				1	18	4
27		12	1	1				2	52	23
28			2					1	65	24
29		2						1	7	1
Total	6	19	9	48				42	157	54

Source: Ghéno and Campos Rosado (1972)