A Report Prepared for the Survey and Identification of World Marine Fish Resources Project: Midwater Trawling Trials for Lantern Fish With the Research Vessel DR. Fridtjof Nansen in the Gulf of Oman, 9 February -1 March 1983

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by

J. Schärfe
Consultant Fishing Technologist

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 1983

FI:DP/GLO/82/001
Field Document 1
November 1983

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Table of Contents

1. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION

2. BACKGROUND AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

2.1 Background Information
2.2 Acknowledgements

3. TRAWLER AND TRAWLS

4. METHODOLOGY

5. TRAWLING TRIALS AND RESULTS

5.1 Fishing Conditions
5.2 800 mm Meshsize Trawl
5.3 1600 mm Meshsize Trawl
5.4 Trawling with Light

6. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Appendix 1: Itinerary

Appendix 2: Main Persons Met

Appendix 3: Cruise Map

Appendix 4: Fishing Record

Appendix 5: Krill Trawl - 1420 × 200 = 284 m Circumference

Appendix 6: Harstad Trawl - 1436 × 200 = 287 m Circumference

Appendix 7: Krill Trawl with 800 mm Meshsize Front Part - 422 × 800 = 338 m Circumference (+ 18%)

Appendix 8: Krill Trawl with 1600 mm Meshsize Front Part - 252 × 1600 = 403 m Circumference (+40%)