  We discuss the mass spectrum and strong decays of baryon resonances belonging
to the N, Delta, Sigma, Lambda, Xi and Omega families in a collective
string-like model for the nucleon. We find good overall agreement with the
available data. Systematic discrepancies are found for lowlying S-wave states,
in particular in the strong decays of N(1535), N(1650), Sigma(1750),
Lambda(1405), Lambda(1670) and Lambda(1800).
