Volume 60
Preliminary effort and yield estimates from the Haitian fishery at Navassa Island.
Authors
Miller, M.W., J.W. winner, McClellan, D. and B. Stoffle. Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2007
Pages: 254-256
Event: Proceedings of the Sixtieth Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Punta Cana
Country: Dominican Republic
Abstract
Navassa is a small, uninhabited oceanic island 50 km west of Haiti. The USA has designated the island and a 12 mile marine radius as a Caribbean National Wildlife Refuge, but sovereignty is disputed between the USA and Haiti. Observational reports from infrequent scientific expeditions, 2000-2004, have predicted and noted increasing fishing effort. Transient Haitian fishers regularly frequent the island, but since no quantitative fishery data is available, we sought to make educated estimates of fishing effort and landings. Information was derived from semi-directed interviews with participants in the fishery regarding typical fishing practices and direct observation/measurement of landed catch from a small number of Navassa fishing trips