Chapter I Intro & Objectives - SPREP

PHOENIX ISLANDS PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN
Chapter III. Background, 5. Fisheries Resources
Draft 1 March 2007
Monthly longline yellowfin and bigeye CPUE and effort for the Japanese and Korean vessels
within the Phoenix Islands portion of the Kiribati EEZ for 1978 to 1990 were reported by
TBAP (1993), see Tables III-5.9 and III-5.10 below.
Table III-5.9. Japanese longline monthly yellowfin and bigeye tuna CPUE and effort
for the Phoenix Islands portion of the Kiribati EEZ, 1978-1990.
(source: Tuna and Billfish Assessment Programme 1993)
Table III-5.10. Korean longline monthly yellowfin and bigeye tuna CPUE and effort for
the Phoenix Islands portion of the Kiribati EEZ, 1978-1990.
(source: Tuna and Billfish Assessment Programme 1993)
Annual longline tuna and billfish CPUE and effort in the Phoenix Islands portion of the
Kiribati EEZ from 1962 to 1980 for Japanese, Taiwanese and Korean vessels were presented
in TBAP (1993), see Tables III-5.11, III-5.12, and III-5.13 below.
Table III-5.11. Japanese longline annual tunas and billfish CPUE
and effort for the Phoenix Islands portion of the Kiribati EEZ, 1962-1980.
(source: Tuna and Billfish Assessment Programme 1993)
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