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Table 2

Demersal trawl survey data.

Survey Vessels Fishing gear Years Number of hauls/year Total number of hauls Source
Mean distance between wings* during towing Mesh size (codend**)
CHALCI O/V André Nizery PICARD bottom trawl: 13 m 39–48 mm 1978 83 826 Centre de Recherches Océanologiques (CRO), Côte d’Ivoire
1979 110
1980 108
1983 157
1984 129
1985 120
1986 119
O/V Antéa 1993 145 434
1994 145
1995 144
NANSEN R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen Gisund super bottom trawl: 21 m 10–20 mm 1999 78 736 CRO; Fisheries Commission, Ghana
2000 103
2002 53
2004 110
2005 118
2006 92
2007 41
2019 141
UEMOA-SOUTH O/V Général Lansana Conté Bottom trawl
15.85 m
25 mm 2015 81 81 UEMOA; CRO; Fisheries Commission of Ghana

* trawl width during fishing.

** at the bottom of the trawl.

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