Relations longueur-poids de 43 espèces de poissons capturées dans les lagunes ivoiriennes

Since 1974 we have been collecting statistics on the main fishing gears in the ivorian lagoons. In order to get good estimation of the catches, it is often more convenient to measure the fishes and to convert this data into weights through a length-weight relationship. In this work we computed this relation for 43 species found in the Aby and Ebrié lagoons.

Rélation longueur céphalothoracique-poids total chez Penaeus duorarum (Burkenroad) en Côte d'Ivoire

This short note gives the results of the measurements of cephalothoracic length-total weight of Penaeus duorarum in Côte d'Ivoire and compares those data to the ones collected in Senegal (Bondy 1968) and in the Gulf of Mexico (Kutkuhn 1965).

Méthodes des mesures des biovolumes, poids secs, poids secs sans cendres et des éléments C, N, P du mésozooplancton utilisées au C.R.O. d'Abidjan

Methods for the estimation of zooplankton biomasses, used in the Oceanographic Research Center of Abidjan are presented. They deal with settled and displacement volumes, dry weight and ash-free dry weight, elementary carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus composition. The dry weight method is detailed: elimination of salt by a fresh water stream, preservation of dry samples at -20 degrees Celsius, rehydration during weighing. A few comments on the 'CHN' analysed values are made: at 1,100 degrees Celsius, most of the carbon is organic, only 10% of the mineral fraction being analysed.

Solid loss and weight gain in prawns during storage in ice

Loss of solids from and gain in weight of meat of whole prawn and prawn meat stored in ice has been studied to explain the mechanism of solid loss. Two stages are identified in this phenomenon. In the first stage water is absorbed without loss of solids resulting in a maximum increase in weight. In the second stage both solids and water are lost resulting in gradual decrease in weight from the maximum reached but not reaching the original weight. It is inferred that whole prawns stored in ice up to two days give the maximum peeled yield without loss of nutrients and at the same time making the peeling process easier.