Report of the international 0-group fish survey in the Barents Sea and adjacent waters in August-September 1998

• Main Authors: IMR, PINRO
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: IMR/PINRO 2001
• Subjects: 0-gruppe; 0-group; cruise report; toktrapport; "Michael Sars"; "Johan Hjort"; "G.O. Sars"; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921; Barents Sea; Fridtjof Nansen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/106742

The thirty-fourth annual International 0-group Fish Survey was conducted during theperiod 11 August - 7 September 1998 in the Barents Sea and adjacent waters. The following research vessels participated in the survey: State Name of vessel Period Research Institute Norway “Michael Sars” 25.08 – 07.09 Institute of Marine Research, Bergen Norway “Johan Hjort” 25.08 – 07.09 ” Norway “G. O. Sars” 25.08 – 07.09 ” Russia “Atlantida” 11.08 – 05.09 The Polar Research Inst. of Marine Russia “Fridtjof Nansen” 11.08 – 05.09 Fisheries and Oceanography, Murmansk Names of scientists and technicians who participated are given in the Appendix. Preliminary analysis of the survey data were made on board the "Johan Hjort", and the final report was finished by correspondence. Observations concerning the geographical distribution of 0-group fish and their abundance are given in this report together with a brief description of the hydrographical conditions in the survey area. 1