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Marine species identification
manual for horizontal longline fishermen
by L. Chapman, P. Sharples, D. Brogan, A. Desurmont, S. Beverly and W. Sokimi
The overall aim of this manual is to improve and increase the amount and
accuracy of catch data provided by domestic tuna longline fishermen in the
Pacific region when they complete their catch and effort logsheet. This
manual will enable fishermen to more accurately identify the fish they catch and
to record species previously not recorded because fishermen did not know what
they were, or considered them insignificant or irrelevant.
The manual is presented in 10 sections for ease of use. Each
section starts with a list of the species covered in the section with the
scientific, standard FAO English and French names, and the FAO species code to
be
used by fishermen when completing their logsheets. Within each species group,
similar species have been presented on opposite pages, or over the page, to make
identification easier. |
