Chapter I Intro & Objectives - SPREP

PHOENIX ISLANDS PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN
Chapter III. Background, 5. Fisheries Resources
Draft 1 March 2007
Figure III-5.20. Longline catches for the Kiribati EEZ (including the Phoenix Islands)
from 1996 to 2001, grey circles represent cumulative level of longline
catches from these areas.
(source: Langley 2003).
A summary table of the number of vessels, fishing days, and catch of skipjack and yellowfin
by the pole-and-line fishery in the Phoenix Islands portion of the Kiribati EEZ for 1978 to
2001 was presented by Langley (2003), see Table III-5.16 below.
Table III-5.16. Summary of number of vessels, fishing days, and catch (tonnes) of
skipjack and yellowfin by the pole-and-line fishery in
the Phoenix Islands from 1978 to 2001.
(source: Langley 2003)
Year Vessels Days Skipjack Yellowfin
1972 - 11 98 0
1973 - 0 0 0
1974 - 0 0 0
1975 - 9 16 0
1976 - 291 2,492 7
1977 - 32 120 0
1978 0 652 6,991 56
1979 28 96 430 1
1980 65 473 5,108 2
1981 42 385 2,896 4
1982 41 472 3,174 153
1983 7 35 161 33
1984 6 29 133 0
1985 19 139 1,018 24
1986 45 847 14,809 13
1987 33 311 2,515 77
1988 10 99 723 27
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