Dr. Pegg Week: Monitoring Fisheries Field Techniques (19)

Question 1

Fisheries?

Answer 1

= exploited fish stocks.

Question 2

What purposes may fisheries be exploited for? (2)

Answer 2

• Recreational.
• Capture.

Question 3

Scales of capture exploitation?

Answer 3

• Commercial scale.
• Subsistence scale.

Question 4

Why study fisheries?

Answer 4

Angling graph.

Question 5

3 questions to ask when planning a survey? Explain.

Answer 5

• Why?
= Why are we doing the survey?

• What?
= What data must we collect?

• How?
= How can we collect the data?

Question 6

3 case studies with their regions?

Answer 6

● Sea Angling 2012
= UK.

● Kobompo Small Scale Fishery
= Zambia.

● Groenvlei Carp Survey
= SA.

Question 7

Sea Angling Survey features regarding questions?

Answer 7

● Why?
= EU Directive.

● What?
= How many fish.
= What species were.

● How?
= Economic value.

Question 8

Sea Angling Survey plan? (3)

Answer 8

• Randomization (High vs Low frequency).
• Weekday vs Weekend.
• Am (6am-12pm) vs Pm (2pm vs. 10pm).

Question 9

Major findings of Sea Angling?

Answer 9

Level of fish being take recreationally was half that taken by commercial.

Question 10

Kobompo Small fisheries questions? (3)

Answer 10

● Why?
= to establish baseline data that the WWF can use to instigate effective conservation management plans for the area.

● What?
= Fish species.
= Lengths & weights.

● How?
= Commercial vs Subsistence (fisheries methods).

Question 11

How was the survey carried out?

Answer 11

Local Zambian individuals (monitors) were given tablets with installed software that had the surveys/questionnaire needed to be carried out in local languages, pictures & step by step questions to obtain information from fishers.

Question 12

Major findings of Kobompo Small Fisheries survey? (3)

Answer 12

• Huge diversity of fish caught and eaten.

• Fish were used both commercially & subsistence methods.

• No cheating the system as local monitors were used to obtain answers to surveys.

Question 13

Groenvlei Carp Survey questions?

Answer 13

● Why?
= To help with conservation management.
● What?
= What are people’s opinions about Carp removal & management.

● How?
= Questionnaires of people’s knowledge & views about carp removal & management.

Question 14

Groenvlei Carp Survey main interest?

Answer 14

Perceptions & attitudes of residents regarding the carp and their removal.

Question 15

Groenvlei Carp Survey major findings? (2)

Answer 15

• Attitudes to Carp linked to knowledge of invasive species was across all groups that use fisheries.

• Therefore, solution was to inform more people on invasive species.

Question 16

My Catch App?

Answer 16

Used by anglers to establish data for fisheries scientists.

Question 17

What does a good survey require? (5)

Answer 17

• A lot of planning.
• Spatial & temporal design.
• Inclusivity.
• Careful questions.
• At times, technology.

Question 18

Why should a good survey be inclusive?

Answer 18

Because it involves both humans and fish interactions & many different stakeholders are involved.