Table 1: Mean annual coastal fisheries production in the South Pacific 1989-92 (SPC work area)
|
Catch |
Weight (mt)
|
Nominal Value (US$)
|
Commercial reef and deep slope fish |
10,476 |
26,034,723 |
Commercial coastal pelagics |
4,419
|
14,708,216 |
Commercial estuarine fish |
1,586
|
4,280,170 |
Commercial crustaceans |
1,903
|
15,343,502 |
Commercial beche-de-mer (processed to 10% fresh wt)
|
1,717 |
12,371,240
|
Commercial trochus-, greensnail-, pearl- shell
|
2,147 |
8,688,686
|
Total commercial catch |
24,609
|
83,353,790 |
Total subsistence catch |
80,049
|
160,323,747 |
Total coastal fisheries catch |
104,658 |
243,677,346
|
(Adapted from Dalzell & Adams, 1994)
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