All Nauru

Socio-economic survey conducted in 2005

Population

Total number of households: 1230 households
Estimated total population: 10131 people
Number of households surveyed: 245 households
Average household size: 8.2 people

Source of income

% Fishing % Salary
1st source of income 4.9 85.7
2nd source of income 17.1 2.9
(percentage of households)

Seafood consumption

Fresh fish51.2 kg per adult per year
Invertebrates1.6 kg per adult per year
Canned fish15.9 kg per adult per year

Socio-economic survey conducted in 2005

Extrapolated total catch
(based on catch composition reported by fishers)

FamilyTotal weight
(tons/year)
Percentage
of total catch
Acanthuridae 158.22 37.2 %
Balistidae 18.38 4.3 %
Carangidae 40.34 9.5 %
Holocentridae 50.83 12.0 %
Kyphosidae 21.00 4.9 %
Lutjanidae 48.39 11.4 %
Mugilidae 17.64 4.1 %
Scaridae 38.50 9.1 %
Serranidae 30.70 7.2 %
Sphyraenidae 1.04 0.2 %
Others 39.43 9.3 %