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Chapter I Intro & Objectives - SPREP

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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 />

Catch (t)<br />

12000<br />

10000<br />

8000<br />

6000<br />

4000<br />

2000<br />

0<br />

Catch<br />

SOI<br />

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002<br />

Langley (2003) compared the monthly CPUE trend for bigeye and yellowfin for each island<br />

group within the Kiribati EEZ including the Phoenix Islands (see Figure III-5.24 below).<br />

Date<br />

Figure III-5.24. Monthly trends in CPUE (kg per 100 hooks) of bigeye (BET, top) and<br />

yellowfin (YFT, bottom) for each of Kiribati’s EEZ areas and the SOI,<br />

the three month moving average presented here.<br />

(source: Langley 2003).<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

0<br />

-5<br />

-10<br />

-15<br />

-20<br />

-25<br />

-30<br />

SOI Index<br />

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