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DocumentPacific Island Fisheries - regional and country information 2002
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No results found.In general, the Pacific Islands increase in size from east to west. Most islands rise steeply from the deep ocean floor and have very little underwater shelf area. Coral reefs characteristically surround the islands, either close to the shore (fringing reef) or further offshore (barrier reef), in which case a coastal lagoon is enclosed. The area includes many atolls, which are the remnt barrier reefs of islands that have subsided. Some of the more recent islands in the area lack coral reefs. M angrove forests often border the inshore waters, especially of the larger islands, and provide habitat for the juveniles of many important food fish. Because of the relatively small size of most islands, major bodies of fresh water are not widespread in the sub-region, with substantial rivers and lakes only being found in some of the larger islands of Melanesia. The small land areas of most islands create limited freshwater and nutrient runoff, resulting in low enrichment of the nearby sea. The ocean waters of the area are usually clear and low in productivity. Upwellings occur in the boundaries between currents and in other localized areas, and have important implications for the harvesting of marine resources. The dispersed ture of the region’s land among this vast area of water has several consequences for fisheries magement. In regard to inshore resources, the presence of numerous patches of land and their associated coastal and coral reef areas, separated by large distances and so metimes abyssal depths, means that many species with limited larval dispersal can be effectively maged as unit stocks. On the other hand, magement of shared stocks of highly migratory species such as tus can only be effective if carried out on a multi-country basis. The presence of extensive areas of intertiol waters (high seas) among the region’s EEZs greatly complicates the region’s fishery magement efforts. Fishery Statistics in the Region The long time series of FAO catch statistics used in the compilation of the Catch Profiles for other regions are aggregated by FAO Statistical Area and thus cannot be used where the region to be reviewed incorporates parts of one or more areas, as is the case with the Pacific Islands. In addition, much of the region’s tu catch is taken by distant-water fishing tions (DWFNs) and is thus reported by FAO in the catches of other statistical areas. -
Book (series)The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 5. Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae). 2001
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No results found.This multivolume field guide covers the species of interest to fisheries of the major marine resource groups exploited in the Western Central Pacific. The area of coverage includes FAO Fishing Area 71 and the southwestern portion of Fishing Area 77 corresponding to the South Pacific Commission mandate area. The marine resource groups included are seaweeds, corals, bivalves, gastropods, cephalopods, stomatopods, shrimps, lobsters, crabs, holothurians, sharks, batoid fishes, chimaeras, bony fishes , estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes, and marine mammals. -
Book (series)The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). 1999
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No results found.This multivolume field guide covers the species of interest to fisheries of the major marine resource groups exploited in the Western Central Pacific. The area of coverage includes FAO Fishing Area 71 and the southwestern portion of Fishing Area 77 corresponding to the South Pacific Commission mandate area. The marine resource groups included are seaweeds, corals, bivalves, gastropods, cephalopods, stomatopods, shrimps, lobsters, crabs, holothurians, sharks, batoid fishes, chimaeras, bony fishes , estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes, and marine mammals.
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