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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 />

RAWAKI (PHOENIX)<br />

In 2001, a foreign fishing vessel was licensed to harvest sharkfins by longline around<br />

Abariringa (Kanton), Orona, Manra (Sydney), and Rawaki (Phoenix) (Planetary Coral Reef<br />

Foundation 2004).<br />

Obura and Stone (2003) reported that the American Samoa fishing vessel Maddee, obtained<br />

permission to harvest sharkfin in the Phoenix Islands. The Maddee visited Abariringa,<br />

Manra, Rawaki (Phoenix) and Orona. The ship caught between 30 and 100 sharks per day<br />

(Stone 2004). The ship also visited other islands in the Phoenix group. The vessel broke and<br />

returned to Samoa for repairs. 2002 shark populations in these islands were fished to nearzero<br />

levels (Obura and Stone 2003).<br />

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