The pelagic biomass survey is underway. The Africana research vessel left Cape Town during October on a 52-day trip during which time the 13 scientists aboard will collect data by means of conducting acoustic sampling to detect the abundance of pelagic species (anchovy, sardine, round herring, horse mackerel and meso-pelagic fish); fish biological sampling by measuring length frequency distributions, sex and gonad maturity staging, fat staging, fish egg and environmental sampling.
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