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A Tale of Two Islands: Some Lessons for Marine Resource Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Gail C. Savina  and
Alan T. White
Gail C. Savina
Affiliation:
Consultant, Marine Conservation and Development Program, USAID–The Asia Foundation, c/o Silliman University, Dumaguete City 6501, Philippines
Alan T. White
Affiliation:
Consultant, Marine Conservation and Development Program, USAID–The Asia Foundation, c/o Silliman University, Dumaguete City 6501, Philippines
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A comparison of two island fishing communities in the Visayas, Philippines, shows significant differences in coral-reef habitat and in diversity of selected reef-fishes, as well as important differences in fishing customs and catch composition. During the sampling months of April–May 1985, fishermen on the 72-ha Apo Island, Negros, caught more than two-thirds of their total fish-catch on the reef, whereas fishermen on the 200-ha Pamilacan Island, Bohol, caught less than 20% of their total catch on the reef during the same period. This discrepancy may be attributable to reef quality or fishing customs, or to both these factors.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , Summer 1986 , pp. 107 - 113
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1986

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