Fisheries Management in the Caribbean: Report on Commercial Landings and Species Information

Detailed data and analysis from the Caribbean Fishery Management Council's 152nd meeting in April 2015 held at St. Croix, USVI. The report includes information on commercial landings in 2015, catch reports, species distribution in EEZ vs. State Waters, and data on various fish species caught in the region.

• Fisheries Management
• Caribbean
• Commercial Landings
• Species Distribution
• Fishery Council

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1. Commercial Landings 2015 CARIBBEAN FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL 152NDMEETING 21-22 APRIL 2015 DIVI CARINA HOTEL, ST. CROIX, USVI

2. St. Croix Data 2011 (July) - 2015

3. Catch Report Details of information CCR STX.jpg

4. Catch Report Spatial Information stx squares.png

5. STX: 2011(July)-2015 (February) USVI STX STT/S TJ 34,599 Number of records Number of fishers Complete reports (lbs) Reports spatial data Landings Records EEZ 117,574 82,975 180 All (need QA/QC) 63,676 (76%) 1,606,256 lbs

6. What species are in the EEZ vs State Waters? STC FMUs Species in forms Lang Bank EEZ Mutton EEZ Mutton State All State AM21 EEZ (>3 nm) AP29-31 AQ 29-31 AL21 AM21-AM25 AN19 AO19 AP20-25 Parrotfish Stoplight redtail queen 45 3 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 40 0 20 88 30 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 TOTAL LBS TOTAL LBS TOTAL LBS 154 33 30 Groupers red hind butterfish 50 59 4.72 0 0 15 30 15 30 0 0 0 0 20 10 TOTAL LBS TOTAL LBS 89.72 2 91 Snappers queen wenchman mutton 4.72 17.21 6.66 19.99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66.67 32.99 TOTAL LBS TOTAL LBS 78.05 51.87 Triggerfish ole wife 80 0 0 24 34 0 0 0 TOTAL LBS 114 Angelfish queen 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL LBS 15 Wrasses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL LBS 0 Grunts 81 0 0 0 114 0 0 10 TOTAL LBS 205

7. Some data STC FMUs Species in forms Catch Reports Parrotfish Stoplight redtail queen Groupers red hind butterfish Snappers queen wenchman mutton Triggerfish ole wife Angelfish queen Wrasses Grunts EEZ State PER CENT PER CENT 29 17 33 71 83 67 61 60 39 40 15 53 85 47 70 30 100 0 40 60

8. More Data Species in catch forms STC FMUs Lang Bank EEZ EEZ (>3 nm) AP29-31 AQ 29-31 AL21 EEZ Mutton EEZ Mutton State All State AM21 AM21-AM25 AN19 AO19 AP20-25 Parrotfish Stoplight redtail queen 9601 2824 409 2565 284 32 330 171 240 3329 1462 288 18173 9558 1220 0 0 7 0 0 0 5636 3779 293 TOTAL LBS TOTAL LBS TOTAL LBS 39634 18078 2489 Groupers red hind butterfish 2244 2070 947 665 165 113 1044 1285 7429 8095 50 46 0 0 2540 2407 TOTAL LBS TOTAL LBS 14419 14681 Snappers queen wenchman mutton 40 199 419 124 347 26 266 138 83 35 53 898 35 135 6882 58 67 61 93 102 895 1211 4433 TOTAL LBS TOTAL LBS TOTAL LBS 1546 2251 12806 4 Triggerfish ole wife 3787 399 102 1969 10776 11 0 2710 TOTAL LBS 19753 Angelfish queen 204 51 5 14 309 0 0 46 TOTAL LBS 629 Wrasses 0 0 0 0 70 0 0 0 TOTAL LBS 70 Grunts 2731 285 164 1933 13747 19 0 7404 TOTAL LBS 26283

9. More Data STC FMUs Species in forms EEZ State Catch Reports PER CENT PER CENT Parrotfish Stoplight redtail queen 34 19 22 66 81 78 Groupers red hind butterfish 24 21 76 79 Snappers queen wenchman mutton 13 26 87 74 Triggerfish ole wife 24 76 Angelfish queen 42 58 Wrasses Grunts 12 88

10. Data Issues after 4 years QA/QC Area Reporting: (1) A[30; (2) blank; (3) old codes Corrections to database NOW while paper forms still available Feedback Assess the forms and bring the information back to the fishers What can be done to keep improving data collection Discards What? Why? Other