Reconstruction of coral reef fisheries catches for associated islands in the Western Pacific, 1950 to 2002
Zeller D, Booth S, Pauly D. 2005. Reconstruction of coral reef fisheries catches for associated islands in the Western Pacific, 1950 to 2002. Fisheries Centre University of British Columbia. Vancouver, BC
The purpose of this project was to assemble available information on catches for the coral reef fisheries of the U.S. associated islands of the Western Pacific region, specifically American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Hawaii, and the other, isolated islands and atolls under U.S. jurisdiction, for the 1950-2002 period. The aim was to derive estimates of total removal of marine resources for this period, excluding large pelagic fisheries (e.g., tunas and billfishes). Thus, the focus was on coral reef fisheries, including the bottom-fisheries, as well as catches of coastal, reef-associated small pelagic species such as scads and jacks.