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PHOENIX ISLANDS PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN<br />

<strong>Chapter</strong> III. Background, 5. Fisheries Resources<br />

Draft 1 March 2007<br />

Bailey and Itano (1992) reported that one yellowfin tuna and five skipjack tuna tagged in<br />

Tuvalu waters were recaptured in the Phoenix Islands. They also reported that one bigeye<br />

tuna tagged in the Phoenix Islands was recovered within the Tuvaluan EEZ.<br />

Itano (1992a) reported that during the Te Tautai trip, yellowfin and bigeye tuna on the<br />

northwest corner of the Phoenix Islands EEZ responded well to milkfish chum. During that<br />

trip, 137 yellowfin tuna, 80 skipjack, and 482 bigeye tuna were tagged (total of 699 tuna<br />

tagged). A total of 106 yellowfih, 41 skipjack and 353 bigeye were double tagged within the<br />

Phoenix Islands EEZ. Itano (1992a) noted that the hardy nature and low mortality of milkfish<br />

allowed successful tagging in the Phoenix Islands.<br />

Itano (1992b) noted that during the SPC tuna tagging project using the Te Tautai, large<br />

schools of surface-feeding tuna were found around the Phoenix Island portion of the Kiribati<br />

EEZ.<br />

Itano and Williams (1992) summarized yellowfin tuna tagging data and related information<br />

collected by the skipjack survey and assessment programme. The 1977 and 1978 cruises<br />

went through the Phoenix Islands EEZ. Yellowfin tuna were tagged within the Phoenix<br />

Islands EEZ. Data on Phoenix Islands EEZ caught fish were lumped into the Kiribati EEZ<br />

fish data and were not presented separated in this report.<br />

Kaltongga (1998) summarized the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s tuna tagging<br />

results from 1989 to 1992. Skipjack tuna tagged in Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands,<br />

Wallis and Futuna, Palau, Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia were<br />

recovered in the Phoenix Islands. Skipjack and yellowfin tuna tagged in the Gilbert Islands<br />

and Papua New Guinea were recovered in the Phoenix Islands. Bigeye tuna tagged in the<br />

Gilbert Islands, and Australia were recovered in the Phoenix Islands.<br />

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