| Summary: | Annual Meeting International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (ICNAF), december 1976.-- 15 pages, figures, tables This report covers a voyage by personnel of the United States and Spanish governments on board the Spanish stern trawler CORBA from October 16 through October 21, 1976. Representing the government of the United States Was Kevin R. Sullivah, SpeCial Agent, National Marine Fisheries Service, Law Enforcement Branch, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Representing the Spanish government was Enrique Cesar Lopez Veiga, Fisheries Biologist, Vigo, Spain. The purpose of the voyage was to monitor the incidence of bycatch in the squid fishery, to sample the catch for biological and statistical information, and to document the fishing and processing techniques of the vessel. Also, the voyage allowed for a practical evaluation of the proposed United States observer program to be effected with extension of fisheries jurisdiction. Comments on the observer program will be submitted ina subsequent report. [.] Teuthida, Loligo, butterfish red hake, Urophycis chuss, anglerfish, Lophiiformes, Illex, silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis, jonah crab, Cancer borealis, lobster, Nephropidae, Squalidae, spotted hake, Urophycis regia, bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, black sea bass, Centropristis striata [.] Peer reviewed
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