Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
National Museum of Natural History
Publication Year:
2000
Publication Place
Washington, DC
Physical Description:
16 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Kiribati
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34630
Legacy PEIN ID:
74631
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Fisheries resources - Conservation - Kiribati
Marine resources - Conservation - Kiribati
Protected areas
Protected areas - Oceania
Protected areas - Management
Marine resource
Marine resource management
Marine resources - Pacific - Oceania
Marine resources - Kiribati
Kiribati
Abstract
The very productive lagoon fisheries of Tarawa atoll changed greatly in recent decades as human development and intensive harvesting increased. Tarawa typifies the increasingly common condition of resource depletion and marine community structure change with expanding human activities and population growth. Fisheries-dependent reports have documented the change in fisher landings for nearly two decades. A comparison of fisheries-independent data collected during 1992-93 with data collected in 1977 allowed for documentation of large changes in important finfish resources in Tarawa Lagoon. The historically important bonefish (Albula glossodonta), like other important fishery species, demonstrated declines in catch-per-unit effort (CPUE), proportion of catch, mean length and weight (1977: 46.4 cm, 1.31 kg; 1992-93: 37.6 cm and 0.84 kg), and sex ratio (1977: 0.71:1 [F:M]; 1992-93: 0.15:1). Beach seine sampling of bait fishes demonstrated a major shift in species composition between 1977 and 1992- 93, with severe depletion of some preferred species. These results suggest declining abundance in locally important fish species and large changes in species composition within Tarawa Lagoon.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
National Museum of Natural History
Publication Year:
2000
Publication Place
Washington, DC
Physical Description:
16 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Kiribati
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34630
Legacy PEIN ID:
74631
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 06-May-2008
Record Modified: 23-Feb-2021