Fisheries of the Pacific Islands - Regional and National Information
type: Dataset
description: This publication presents information on coastal and offshore fisheries in the region. The information is broken down into resource categories, the major types of fishing, the important species, the status of those resources, and the fisheries management that occurs.
language: en
date created: 21-07-2021T03:07:03.0
date modified: 16-07-2025T22:07:50.0
publisher: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
subject of: Coastal and Marine
keywords: fisheries
keywords: fishing
keywords: fish species
keywords: fisheries management
license: https://pacific-data.sprep.org/resource/public-data-license-agreement-0
spatial: POLYGON ((-220.4393863678 -1.3792517660328, -134.50192451477 1.7453545475381, -125.12689590454 -26.895932362742, -191.53315544128 -27.590495900231))
spatial coverage: Pacific Region
accountable person: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
distribution: Fisheries of the Pacific Islands Regional and national information 2011
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  file format: pdf
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  content size: 1814747
  description: Fisheries of the Pacific Islands Regional and national information 2011
distribution: Fisheries of the Pacific Islands - regional and national information 2018
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  content size: 2844986
  description: The region’s fishery resources can be broadly split into two main categories: oceanic, and coastal or inshore. Coastal or inshore resources include a wide range of finfish and invertebrates. They are characterized by their shallow-water habitats or demersal lifestyles, and restriction of individual movements to coastal areas. This paper discusses these resource categories, with a focus on the major types of fishing, the important species, the status of the resources, and the fisheries management that occurs. This report also provides information on the fisheries in each of the 14 independent Pacific Island countries