Chapter I Intro & Objectives - SPREP

PHOENIX ISLANDS PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN
Chapter III. Background, 5. Fisheries Resources
Draft 1 March 2007
The length frequency of skipjack and yellowfin caught by U.S. purse seiners in the Phoenix
Islands portion of the Kiribati EEZ based on port sampling was plotted by TBAP (1993), see
Figures III-5.12 and III-5.13 below.
Figure III-5.12. Raised length-frequency histogram of skipjack tuna caught by
U.S. purse seiners in the Phoenix Islands portion of
the Kiribati EEZ based on port sampling.
(source: Tuna and Billfish Assessment Programme 1993)
Figure III-5.13. Raised length-frequency histogram of yellowfin tuna caught by
U.S. purse seiners in the Phoenix Islands portion
of the Kiribati EEZ based on port sampling.
(source: Tuna and Billfish Assessment Programme 1993)
Catch, effort, and CPUE for pole-and-line, purse seine, and longline vessels fishing in the
Phoenix Islands portion of the Kiribati EEZ from 1978 to 1990 were reported in TBAP
(1993) (see Tables III-5.3 for pole-and-line, III-5.4 for purse seine, and III-5.5 for longline).
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