The shoreline fishery of American Samoa in FY92
McConnaughey J. 1993. The shoreline fishery of American Samoa in FY92. Dept. of Marine & Wildlife Resources biological report no. 41. Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources. Pago Pago, American Samoa
This study presents data from a 1990 survey of the nearshore fish and invertebrate fisheries of American Samoa. Since 1979, fishing efforts have declined in American Samoa. While declining sales of fish in local markets is attributable to the availability of competitively priced fish from Tonga and Western Samoa, recent impacts on coral reefs may also affect the fishing industry. Although population increased, fishing effort decreased; found no decreases in catch due to decrease in effort ie: no decline in CPUE,;method importance fluctuated; sales declined possibly due to competition; very good outline of data limitations; no definitive statements on species composition; clams totally absent; draws no conclusions on reef fish or atule catch due to high variability, lobster catches down, octopus catches up, jacks were caught more often but at a smaller size, large brown surgeonfish numbers dropped while small brown surgeonfish numbers up probably due to fishing in different areas due to harbor closure; different conclusions than other papers looking at same fishery over same time period.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- McConnaughey, John
- Date of Issue
- 1993
- Publisher
- Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources
- Units
- NPSA , PACN
- Keywords
- American Samoa, Animal Studies, bluebanded surgeonfish (Acanthurus lineatus), Coral Reefs, Environmental Impact, Fish/Ichthyology, Fishery, Hurricanes, Invertebrates (Invertebrata), Octopoda, sea urchins (Ecinometra), yellowfin surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus)