Catch data and collection from market surveys in Western Samoa
Horseman N and Mulipola A. 1995. Catch data and collection from market surveys in Western Samoa. Pages 447-457. In Dalzell P and Adams TJ: South Pacific Commission and Forum Fisheries Agency Workshop on the Management of South Pacific Inshore Fisheries. Noumea, New Caledonia. June 26-July 7, 1995. South Pacific Commission
This paper provides an overview of the Data Collection System (DCS) currently in use by the Fisheries Division of Western Samoa. General trends from the Apia Fish Market inshore landings since 1986 are identified. Offshore pelagic landing data is unreliable prior to 1989, and bottomfish up to that year were included with inshore landing figures, so trends have been identified from 1989 onwards.