Title South Coast Demersal Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 082, May 1990
Authors

Awie Badenhorst
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), South Africa

Publisher Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2024)
Contributors

Project Leader: Gavin Tutt
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), email: gtsglider@gmail.com

Project Leader: Tarron Lamont
Oceans and Coastal Research, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), email: tarron.lamont@gmail.com

Abstract The South Coast Demersal Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 082 was conducted from 23 May - 13 June 1990. The objectives of the cruise were to survey by bottom-trawling the abundance of adult and recruiting hake, sole and other trawl target species; to make experimental bottom-trawls in deep water to establish the limit of hake distribution, and to collect deep-water specimens of fish and squid; to investigate the environment and ecological interrelationships of hake and other demersal species in the various depth strata; to study demersal community relationships; to investigate the occurrence, distribution and abundance of squid and squid larvae; to investigate the occurrence of line fish species in shallow waters; to study the biology of sharks and skates; to study the biology of kob; and to train senior staff and oceanographic research assistants.
Data
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Temporal extent 23 May 1990 – 13 Jun 1990
Geographic extent

North: -33.5
South: -36.0
West: 20.0
East: 27.0

Keywords Africana, Africana 082, cruise report, sailing orders
Related resources
  • Digital objects included in this collection:
    • Processed CTD continuous observations from the South Coast Demersal Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 082, May 1990 (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.13072024)
    • Processed CTD discrete observations from the South Coast Demersal Biomass Survey on the Africana Voyage 082, May 1990 (10.15493/DEA.MIMS.14072024)