Creel Surveys

This project, SciCOFish, funded by the European Union, focuses on creel surveys in the Pacific Islands region to gather important data on fishers, their habits, species caught, gear used, and more to support sustainable fisheries management.

• Fisheries
• SciCOFish
• Creel Surveys
• Pacific Islands
• European Union

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1. Scientific support for the management of Coastal and Oceanic Fisheries in the Pacific Islands region (SciCOFish) Funded by European Union (10thEDF) Creel Surveys Credit: C. Wabnitz Credit: B. Yeeting SciCOFish Creel & Market Surveys Database Training Workshop - October/November 2014 Funded by European Union

2. So what is a creel survey ? Creel Creel is a type of small wicker basket mainly used by anglers to hold fish or other prey. A creel is designed to function as an evaporative cooler when lined with moss and dipped into the creek in order to keep the catch chilled. Caught fish are inserted through a slot in the top which is held in place by a small leather strap (Wikipedia) Creel survey A creel survey consist in looking what fishers have in their fishing basket (or for the Pacific, in their cooler) ! Survey of fishers and their catch at a landing site SciCOFish Creel & Market Surveys Database Training Workshop - October/November 2014 Funded by European Union

3. Creel survey data Types of information Informations about fishers & fishing habits Species being caught and quantities Species lengths/weights Areas and habitats fished, transport Types of gear used to catch fish Amount of effort used to catch fish (CPUE) Fishers perceptions SciCOFish Creel & Market Surveys Database Training Workshop - October/November 2014 Funded by European Union

4. Creel survey form Header : it identifies the survey sheet, who, when, where Atlantis fisheries 2156 Atlantis island 05/10/2014 USD Tummol s warf Bob Pomoko Maria Bentanu 15.63087 155.10052 SciCOFish Creel & Market Surveys Database Training Workshop - October/November 2014 Funded by European Union

5. Slice C1 Paul Pidoil 07/05/1968 M Tummol village X John Pidoil 09/10/1970 M 10 11 SciCOFish Creel & Market Surveys Database Training Workshop - October/November 2014 Funded by European Union

6. Slice C1 Night spear fishing Handlining Trolling Pasipetiksa warf 2 X 20 80 USD 80 55 SciCOFish Creel & Market Surveys Database Training Workshop - October/November 2014 Funded by European Union

7. Slice C1 Examples of outputs Average number of fishers per trip Number of landings for lead fishers Reasons for fishing and catch use Average income per trip What else could we extract ? SciCOFish Creel & Market Surveys Database Training Workshop - October/November 2014 Funded by European Union

8. Slice C2 Naso unicornis Scarus ghobban Lutjanus gibbus Lutjanus bohar Birgus latro Reef fish Reef fish Reef fish Reef fish Crab 33 3 24 31 6 21.3 kg 2 kg 10.5 kg 14 kg 7.2 kg Night spearing Night spearing Handlining Handlining Collecting walk SciCOFish Creel & Market Surveys Database Training Workshop - October/November 2014 Funded by European Union

9. Slice C2 Examples of outputs Catch composition by species Avg number Catch composition by species Avg weight Species richness SciCOFish Creel & Market Surveys Database Training Workshop - October/November 2014 Funded by European Union

10. Slices C3-C4 Naso unicornis Naso unicornis Naso unicornis Naso unicornis . Scarus ghobban Scarus ghobban Scarus ghobban Lutjanus gibbus Lutjanus gibbus Lutjanus gibbus FL FL FL FL 33 cm 24 cm 26 cm 28 cm 0.8 kg 0.6 kg 0.62 kg 0.68 kg Night spearing Night spearing Night spearing Night spearing FL FL FL FL FL FL 34 cm 28 cm 32 cm 20 cm 18 cm 16 cm 0.8 kg 0.4 kg 0.8 kg 0.5 kg 0.34 kg 0.32 kg Night spearing Night spearing Night spearing Handlining Handlining Handlining SciCOFish Creel & Market Surveys Database Training Workshop - October/November 2014 Funded by European Union

11. Slice C3-C4 Examples of outputs Catch size/weights by species By landing and method Catch composition by family Avg size and weight Size frequency by species Night spear fishing Gillnetting SciCOFish Creel & Market Surveys Database Training Workshop - October/November 2014 Funded by European Union

12. Slice C5 9 Reef fish Reef fish Crabs Night spear fishing Handlining Collecting 3 3 1 None Fuel Food Beer water USD 30 USD 5 USD 2 SciCOFish Creel & Market Surveys Database Training Workshop - October/November 2014 Funded by European Union

13. Slice C5 13 Tummoil s warf North pass Frigate Island Paramol 10 km 11.7 km 13 km 4 hrs 3 hrs 1 hr X X X 4 50 X X X SciCOFish Creel & Market Surveys Database Training Workshop - October/November 2014 Funded by European Union

14. Slice C5 Examples of outputs Average trip cost Average distance to the furthest site SciCOFish Creel & Market Surveys Database Training Workshop - October/November 2014 Funded by European Union

15. Slice C6 X Reef fish Crabs kg Piece 1 USD 1.25 USD 4 SciCOFish Creel & Market Surveys Database Training Workshop - October/November 2014 Funded by European Union

16. Slice C7 25 20 Sea cucumber fishery X Nearshore FADs X Tummoil reef is now depleted Less fishes X SciCOFish Creel & Market Surveys Database Training Workshop - October/November 2014 Funded by European Union

17. Slice C7 Fishes are getting smaller X Some species which were common are hard to find We spend more and more time to get less and less fishes SciCOFish Creel & Market Surveys Database Training Workshop - October/November 2014 Funded by European Union