An assessment of the skipjack and baitfish resources of Tokelau.

An assessment of the skipjack and baitfish resources of Tokelau

Created/Published: Noumea, New Caledonia : South Pacific Commission, [1983]

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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SKIPJACK AND BAITFISH RESOURCES OF TOKELAU	1
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SKIPJACK AND BAITFISH RESOURCES OF TOKELAU	3
PREFACE	5
CONTENTS	7
LIST OF TABLES	8
LIST OF FIGURES	9
1.1 Description of the Fishery	11
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SKIPJACK AND BAITFISH RESOURCES OF TOKELAU	11
1.2 Previous Surveys	12
2.0 METHODS	13
2.2 Research Plan and Summary of Activities in Tokelau	13
2.3 Skipjack Fishing and Tagging	17
2.4 Biological Sampling	17
2.5 Baitfishing	18
2.6 Data Compilation and Processing	18
2.7 Data Analysis	18
3.0 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION	18
3.2 Fishing Success/Skipjack Abundance	21
3.3 Fishing Potential	21
3.4 Biological Observations on Skipjack	23
3.4.2 Sexual maturity	23
3.5 Growth	23
3.6 Recruitment	26
3.7 Population Structure	28
3.7.2 The occurrence of parasites	30
3.8 Skipjack Migration	30
3.9 Fishery Interactions	33
3.10 Skipjack Population Dynamics	36
4.0 CONCLUSIONS	38
REFERENCES	40
APPENDIX A.	45
APPENDIX B.	47
APPENDIX C.	49
APPENDIX D.	51
OTHER REPORTS IN THIS SERIES	54

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