Fishing Fleet Profiling Methodology

FAO
FISHERIES
TECHNICAL
PAPER
423

by
Jocelyne Ferraris
Institut de recherche pour le développement
Nouméa, New Caledonia

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2002

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PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1. INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT

2. METHODOLOGY

2.1. Preparatory work
2.2. Survey techniques

2.2.1. Fishery catch and effort
2.2.2. Characteristics of fishing units
2.2.3. Following-up to acquire supplementary data on fishing units

2.3. Development of questionnaires
2.4. Sampling techniques
2.5. Data-processing techniques
2.6. Statistical processing

2.6.1. Steps in statistical processing
2.6.2. Methods of statistical processing

2.6.2.1. Statistical tables
2.6.2.2. Statistical graphs
2.6.2.3. Statistical tests
2.6.2.4. Data Analysis

2.6.3 The process of analysis

3. RESULTS

3.1. Empirical interpretation of results
3.2. Examples of Fleet Profiling

3.2.1. Catch and fishing effort
3.2.2. Vessel technical characteristics
3.2.3. Exploitation strategies

3.3. Making use of the results
3.4. Presentation of results

4. DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

4.1. Means necessary for typological studies: personnel, cost and duration
4.2. Follow-up activities necessary and/or desirable, complementary activities

5. CONCLUSION

ANNEXES

ANNEX I: Survey questionnaire for the Moroccan coastal fleet profile
ANNEX II: Follow-up questionnaire for artisanal fishing boats in Senegal
ANNEX III: Description of the database structure for the 8 data-sets used in the typological profile of the Moroccan coastal fleets
ANNEX IV: List of active and additional variables for the profile of technical characteristics of Moroccan coastal fleets

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