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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 />

Figure III-5.30. Distribution of total skipjack catches 1972 to 1999 in relation to the sixregion<br />

spatial stratification (including the Phoenix Islands) used in the<br />

skipjack MULTIFAN-CL analysis.<br />

(source: Langley 2003).<br />

0 10N 20N 30N 40N<br />

20S 10S<br />

Skipjack tuna catch (mt)<br />

120E 1972-1999130E<br />

140E<br />

1,000,000<br />

500,000<br />

100,000<br />

Pole-and-line<br />

Purse seine<br />

Other<br />

1<br />

120E<br />

130E 140E<br />

150E 160E 170E<br />

2<br />

5<br />

180 170W 160W 150W<br />

150E 160E 170E 180 170W 160W<br />

Langley (2003) examined the yellowfin catches for 1991 to 2000 for the region (including the<br />

Phoenix Islands) using the skipjack MULTIFAN-CL analysis (see Figure III-5.30 below).<br />

Figure III-5.31. Distribution of yellowfin tuna catch, 1991−2000, heavy lines indicate<br />

the spatial stratification used in the yellowfin MULTIFAN-CL model.<br />

(source: Langley 2003)<br />

10S 0 10N 20N 30N<br />

20S<br />

30S<br />

3<br />

4<br />

6<br />

150W<br />

120E 130E 140E 150E 160E 170E 180 170W<br />

1<br />

160W<br />

Yellowfin tuna<br />

Catch (t) 1991-2000<br />

250,000<br />

125,000<br />

25,000<br />

Longline<br />

Purse seine<br />

Other<br />

120E 130E 140E 150E<br />

2 3<br />

4<br />

PHOENIX<br />

ISLANDS<br />

160E 170E 180<br />

PHOENIX<br />

ISLANDS<br />

5<br />

170W 160W<br />

30N<br />

20N<br />

10N<br />

0<br />

10S<br />

20S<br />

30S<br />

40N<br />

30N<br />

20N<br />

10N<br />

0<br />

10S<br />

20S<br />

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