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Chapter I Intro & Objectives - SPREP

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PHOENIX ISLANDS PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN<br />

<strong>Chapter</strong> III. Background, 5. Fisheries Resources<br />

Draft 1 March 2007<br />

Table III-5.15. Summary of yellowfin, bigeye, and albacore tuna catch (t) and effort<br />

(millions of hooks) from the longline fishery in the Phoenix Islands portion of the<br />

Kiribati EEZ from 1952 to 2001 for 5 degrees of latitude and longitude.<br />

(source: Langley 2003).<br />

Year Hooks Yellowfin bigeye albacore<br />

1952 0.00 0 0 0<br />

1953 0.09 49 16 7<br />

1954 0.27 284 19 24<br />

1955 1.55 1,296 143 246<br />

1956 0.38 251 35 56<br />

1957 1.23 716 203 277<br />

1958 1.51 1,115 326 174<br />

1959 1.73 1,264 324 250<br />

1961 3.88 2,278 501 988<br />

1962 2.90 1,674 403 770<br />

1963 4.85 2,069 834 732<br />

1964 2.52 1,140 362 648<br />

1965 2.93 1,156 451 721<br />

1966 4.76 1,385 502 1,061<br />

1967 3.18 755 409 1,220<br />

1968 4.51 1,315 414 1,642<br />

1969 5.46 1,266 447 1,586<br />

1970 5.42 605 264 1,452<br />

1971 2.85 641 187 936<br />

1972 4.49 1,151 325 1,081<br />

1973 3.97 476 235 877<br />

1974 5.45 224 91 528<br />

1975 1.57 276 262 205<br />

1976 6.36 2,232 1,562 299<br />

1977 10.36 3,808 2,174 683<br />

1978 4.59 1,640 1,082 814<br />

1979 7.37 2,340 1,310 495<br />

1980 14.68 5,475 2,021 1,108<br />

1981 8.28 1,781 950 690<br />

1982 6.63 2,103 1,231 532<br />

1983 8.88 3,829 1,428 422<br />

1984 6.38 2,097 1,187 253<br />

1985 11.74 3,993 2,145 353<br />

1986 2.92 1,066 521 351<br />

1987 5.67 1,232 997 426<br />

1988 9.21 2,013 1,259 533<br />

1989 8.53 1,179 1,326 60<br />

1990 6.01 1,221 1,062 176<br />

1991 4.37 1,039 768 287<br />

1992 6.84 1,975 1,585 343<br />

1993 4.84 1,273 1,064 100<br />

1994 5.95 1,246 1,808 260<br />

1995 7.26 737 1,114 391<br />

1996 4.81 1,488 624 217<br />

1997 4.72 957 1,230 138<br />

1998 9.85 1,360 2,168 625<br />

1999 4.27 671 578 105<br />

2000 6.70 1,683 1,004 156<br />

2001 3.26 553 641 239<br />

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