The NOAA IR serves as an archival repository of NOAA-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other information authored or co-authored by NOAA or funded partners.
As a repository, the NOAA IR retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.
i
Spatial, Temporal, and Biological Characteristics of a Nearshore Coral Reef Fishery in the Northern Mariana Islands
-
2018
-
Source: Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 10(3), 283-297.
Details:
-
Journal Title:Marine and Coastal Fisheries
-
Personal Author:
-
Corporate Authors:
-
NOAA Program & Office:
-
Description:Fishery landings of coral reef fish from a nearshore commercial spear fishery from 2011 to 2014 were analyzed and summarized. Results showed that the fishery comprised two effort components—shore- and boat-based fishing—with shore-based fishing dominating fishery effort. These two components yielded differing fishery characteristics, including landings, CPUE, seasonality, fishing locations, and targeted species. Time series of select species’ sizes (family Acanthuridae and subfamily Scarinae) showed relatively consistent trends over the sampling period, with the sizes of most harvested species exceeding the life history milestones of length at maturity and length at sex change. Sizes of harvested species were influenced by fishing effort type. Brief comparisons with prior spear fishery analyses focusing on the Northern Mariana Islands indicated that effectively evaluating the nighttime commercial coral reef spear fishery requires an understanding of fishery dynamics and implementation of a long-term monitoring program.
-
Source:Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 10(3), 283-297.
-
DOI:
-
Document Type:
-
Rights Information:CC BY
-
Compliance:PMC
-
Main Document Checksum:
-
Download URL:
-
File Type: