WORKING PAPERS - BOBP/WP/30
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WORKING PAPERS - BOBP/WP/30 Mackerels In The Malacca Staraits |
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Executing Agency: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Funding Agency: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Marine Fishery Resources Management in the Bay of Bengal, Colombo, Sri Lanka February. 1985 |
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This paper attempts to summarize the present knowledge of the mackerel resources in the Matacca Straits which are believed to be shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. It contains a summary report and individual country papers. The material was put together following a technical working group meeting of scientists from the three countries. The meeting was held 12-16 December 1983 at the Fisheries Research Institute, Penang, Malaysia. The Director of the Institute, Mr Mohd. Shaari bin Sam Abdul Latiff, opened the meeting and welcomed the participants, whose names are listed in Appendix 5 of the paper. This paper, and the working group meeting on which it is based, are an activity of the project ‘Marine Fishery Resources Management in the Bay of Bengal,’ RAS/81/051, which is funded by the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), and executed by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) under its Bay of Bengal Programme. Dr. K. Sivasubramaniarn, Senior Fishery Biologist of the project, acted as convenor of the meeting. The project has a duration of four years; it commenced in January 1983. Its immediate objective is to improve the practice of fishery resources assessment among participating countries and to stimulate and assist in joint assessment and management activities between countries sharing fish stocks. |
PREFACE
1. INTRODUCTION
2. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
3. THE SPECIES
4. PRODUCTION AND CATCH RATES
5. FISHING EFFORT
6. MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD
7. PROBLEMS AND LIMITATIONS
8. WORK PROGRAMME
9. CONCLUSIONS
10. RECOMMENDATIONS
TABLES
1. Catch and catch rates of Rastrelliger spp. by country (1972-82)
2. Catch and catch rates of Decapterus spp. by country (1972-82)
3. Main characteristics of craft and gear contributing to the mackerel production
4. MSY of Rastreiiger spp. in the Malacca Straits, as estimated for effort standardized to the efficiencies of various purse seiners employed in the respective countries
5. MSY of Decapterus spa. in the Malacca Straits, as estimated for effort standardized to the efficiencies of various purse seiners employed in the respective countries.
FIGURES
la. Variations in annual production of Rastrelliger spp.
lb. Variations in annual catch rate of Rastrelliger spp.
2a. Variations in annual production of Decapterus spp.
2b. Variations in annual catch rate of Decapterus spp.
3. Locations of existing and proposed sampling stations for mackerels in the Malacca Straits.
1. Review of the chub mackerel fishery (Rastrefliger spp.) on the west coast of Thailand.
2. Review of the scad mackerel fishery (Decapterus spp.) on the west coast of Thailand.
3. The Rastreiiger and Decapterus fisheries of the west coast of peninsular Malaysia
4. Country report from Indonesia on mackerels of the Malacca Straits
5. List of participants and observers: Working Group meeting, 12-16 December 1983, Penang, Malaysia.