Fisheries participation, effort, and harvest surveys (2430)
Pitlik TJ. 2000. Fisheries participation, effort, and harvest surveys (2430). Territory of Guam DAWR. Guam
Monthly inshore fisheries surveys were conducted along Guam’s shoreline from October 1999 through September 2000. The total estimated inshore fisheries catch for this time period was 38.1 mt (metric tonnes), 88% of which were finfish (excluding the juvenile rabbitfish or mañåhak and juvenile fusilier or achemsom). Hook & line was the most practiced method accounting for 59% of the total participation (excludes seasonal mañåhak and Bigeye scad or atulai data) or 37,042 participants. Top fishing methods for day, night, and overall harvests included the following: Other Methods = 1.29 kg/gear-hour (gh) with a daytime harvest of 2.5 mt; Drag Netting = 4.55 kg/gh with a nighttime harvest of 0.4 mt and; Hook & line = 0.11 kg/gh with an overall harvest of 13.1 mt. The seasonal mañåhak and achemsom catch was not surveyed in FY00. Chamorro fish names were derived from Kerr (1990).
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Pitlik, Todd
- Date of Issue
- 2000
- Publisher
- Territory of Guam DAWR
- Units
- WAPA
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Conservation, Finfish, Fisheries Management, Guam, harvest surveys, Invertebrates, marine preserves, Observations, Presence (Biodiversity), scuba, spearfishing