| 1. During 1989 an estimated total of 4,391.7mt of fish was landed on Mahe, Praslin and La Digue by 390 fishing boats, (including sport fishing boats), 81.2% of which was landed on Mahe alone. The volume of catch does not differ significantly from 1988, but the number of boats has decreased, being a decrease in the number of small boats and schooners, whilst whalers using handlines have increased. 2. The most important species groups landed (greater than 5% of the total catch) were carangues (32.0%), job (9.6%), red snapper (9.1%), capitaine (7.0%), maquereau doux (6.7%), and trap fishes (cordonier 5.6%, others 5.0%), and bonite (5.3%). 3. The variation in monthly landings was not as pronounced as in previous years. Peak landings occurred in April... |
