Funafuti

Socio-economic survey conducted in 2004

Population

Total number of households: 551 households
Estimated total population: 4500 people
Number of households surveyed: 30 households
Average household size: 8.2 people

Source of income

% Fishing % Salary
1st source of income 30.0 50.0
2nd source of income 23.3 13.3
(percentage of households)

Seafood consumption

Fresh fish128.9 kg per adult per year
Invertebrates4.6 kg per adult per year
Canned fish2.3 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 209.60 19.0 %
Balistidae 1.56 0.1 %
Caesionidae 15.90 1.4 %
Carangidae 39.16 3.5 %
Cirrhitidae 3.20 0.3 %
Gerreidae 12.17 1.1 %
Holocentridae 6.39 0.6 %
Kyphosidae 88.84 8.0 %
Lethrinidae 220.54 19.9 %
Lutjanidae 208.69 18.9 %
Mugilidae 51.49 4.7 %
Scaridae 15.96 1.4 %
Serranidae 192.73 17.4 %
Siganidae 31.60 2.9 %
Sphyraenidae 8.18 0.7 %
Others 21.89 2.0 %