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- Title
Total marine fishery catch for the Azores (1950–2010).
- Authors
Pham, Christopher K.; Canha, Angela; Diogo, Hugo; Pereira, João G.; Prieto, Rui; Morato, Telmo
- Abstract
Pham, C. K., Canha, A., Diogo, H., Pereira, J. G., Prieto, R., and Morato, T. 2013. Total marine fishery catch for the Azores (1950–2010). – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70: 564–577.Official fishery statistics often fail to report what has been truly extracted from the marine environment. Therefore, in this study, we estimated illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) catch in the context of a small-scale fishery (the Azores) and provide an improved compilation of official catches, including whaling. Reconstructed removals during 1950–2010 total 1.10 million t (95% CI, 1.06–1.16 million t), a factor of 1.17 higher than the amount reported in Azorean official statistics. Unreported catches were attributed to foreign fishing activities (27%), recreational fishing (25%), discards from the demersal fishing fleet (21%), baitfish for the pole-and-line tuna fishery (11%), discards from pelagic longlining (7%), local pelagic fleet landing outside the Azores (3%), coastal invertebrate harvesting (6%), and big-game fishing (0.1%). The overall low level of unreported catches compared to other locations might reflect the small-scale nature of the fisheries, the geographic isolation of the islands, and the small size of its community.
- Subjects
BAITFISH fisheries; BAITFISH; FISHING; BIG game fishing; FISHERY statistics
- Publication
ICES Journal of Marine Science / Journal du Conseil, 2013, Vol 70, Issue 3, p564
- ISSN
1054-3139
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/icesjms/fst024