All Niue

Socio-economic survey conducted in 2005

Population

Total number of households: 468 households
Estimated total population: 1780 people
Number of households surveyed: 218 households
Average household size: 3.8 people

Source of income

% Fishing % Salary
1st source of income 1.4 61.0
2nd source of income 8.7 10.1
(percentage of households)

Seafood consumption

Fresh fish31.0 kg per adult per year
Invertebrates2.5 kg per adult per year
Canned fish17.2 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 1.46 2.4 %
Balistidae 0.16 0.3 %
Belonidae 0.05 0.1 %
Carangidae 12.52 21.0 %
Cirrhitidae 5.53 9.2 %
Exocoetidae 0.01 0.0 %
Holocentridae 13.47 22.5 %
Kyphosidae 15.09 25.3 %
Labridae 2.85 4.8 %
Lethrinidae 0.16 0.3 %
Lutjanidae 0.78 1.3 %
Mugilidae 1.13 1.9 %
Mullidae 0.72 1.2 %
Priacanthidae 0.51 0.9 %
Scaridae 1.34 2.2 %
Serranidae 3.86 6.5 %
Sphyraenidae 0.11 0.2 %
Others 0.68 1.1 %