Niutao

Socio-economic survey conducted in 2004

Population

Total number of households: 143 households
Estimated total population: 836 people
Number of households surveyed: 26 households
Average household size: 5.8 people

Source of income

% Fishing % Salary
1st source of income 34.6 50.0
2nd source of income 3.8 7.7
(percentage of households)

Seafood consumption

Fresh fish119.5 kg per adult per year
Invertebrates5.6 kg per adult per year
Canned fish3.0 kg per adult per year

Socio-economic survey conducted in 2004

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

FamilyTotal weight
(tons/year)		 Percentage
of total catch
Acanthuridae 50.31 34.7 %
Carangidae 5.27 3.6 %
Cirrhitidae 12.24 8.4 %
Exocoetidae 4.27 2.9 %
Holocentridae 12.35 8.5 %
Kyphosidae 26.84 18.5 %
Labridae 0.65 0.5 %
Lutjanidae 3.82 2.6 %
Mugilidae 11.79 8.1 %
Priacanthidae 0.49 0.3 %
Scaridae 6.10 4.2 %
Serranidae 10.60 7.3 %
Sphyraenidae 0.28 0.2 %
Others 2.41 1.7 %