Chapter I Intro & Objectives - SPREP

PHOENIX ISLANDS PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN
Chapter III. Background, 5. Fisheries Resources
Draft 1 March 2007
Table III-5.18. Summary of catch (t) and effort (number of vessels, number of sets, and
number of hooks set in millions) for Phoenix Islands EEZ area
longline fishery from 1978 to 2001.
(source: Langley 2003)
Year Effort Catch (t)
Vessels Sets Hooks Bigeye Yellowfin Albacore Billfish Shark Other
1978 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 2 17 0.04 6 10 0 0 0 1
1980 15 207 0.46 114 155 0 0 0 32
1981 6 102 0.21 68 90 1 28 2 4
1982 18 420 0.91 287 477 26 63 10 36
1983 22 417 0.98 195 599 12 43 0 3
1984 29 731 1.81 408 575 42 84 6 18
1985 42 1,216 3.40 650 1,044 43 91 11 37
1986 17 145 0.43 55 70 14 10 0 5
1987 27 529 1.50 305 315 23 63 4 10
1988 45 976 2.78 353 471 73 67 8 16
1989 63 1,123 3.02 436 354 21 75 7 12
1990 58 836 2.21 319 451 33 59 6 19
1991 48 677 1.66 324 450 44 50 5 28
1992 67 1,250 3.05 662 635 79 143 8 19
1993 60 1,314 3.16 665 779 39 165 5 15
1994 66 1,939 4.65 1,422 995 168 148 3 11
1995 96 2,525 5.98 1,077 620 343 178 5 16
1996 61 1,290 3.12 413 877 117 73 3 2
1997 54 1,338 3.52 744 741 189 133 4 3
1998 82 1,509 4.08 836 552 162 193 4 0
1999 79 1,225 3.35 481 519 49 102 7 2
2000 56 1,077 2.88 401 535 36 86 3 1
2001 13 92 0.25 40 47 23 11 0 0
Langley (2003) presented annual distribution of longline fishing effort for the Kiribati EEZ
for 1996 to 2001 (see Figure III-5.28).
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