Economic Contributions of Small Boat Fisheries in Guam and the CNMI

The chief domestic fishery in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is a small boat, 1- to 2-day fishery that uses different gears to target pelagic, bottomfish, and coral reef fish. Fishers have a variety of fishing motivations ranging from full-time commercial, part-time commercial, recreational, cultural, to subsistence. This variation of fishing motivations demonstrates the importance of small boat fisheries in contributing to the local economy socially and culturally as well as economically. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the economic contributions of small boat fisheries in Guam and the CNMI.

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Chan HL 2024. Economic Contributions of Small Boat Fisheries in Guam and the CNMI U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-PIFSC-160, 29 p.
https://doi.org/10.25923/nsxb-my70