Description
Coastal fish species of commercial interest observed on Underwater Visual Census transects in Marshall Islands during the CoFish surveys in Laura, Ailuk, Arno and Likiep (2007). The individual counts correspond to the observations by a single diver (one side) on the 50 m transect, from the transect line up to visibility (distance sampling).
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 4,035 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Pinca S, Awira R, Boblin P, Kabua E, White M, Vigliola L, Sauni S (2018): SPC CoFish Fish Observations Marshall Islands 2007. v1.1. The Pacific Community (SPC). Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.sprep.org/resource?r=spc_cofish_finfish_marshall_islands_2007&v=1.1
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
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Keywords
Occurrence; SPC; PROCFish/C; CoFish; Fish; UVC; Observation
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Geographic Coverage
Laura, Ailuk, Arno and Likiep in Marshall Islands
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [7.041, 168.998], North East [10.458, 171.681] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2007-08-09 / 2007-09-17 |
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Project Data
The Pacific Regional Coastal Fisheries Development Programme (CoFish) and its associated programme PROCFish/C (the coastal component of the Pacific Regional Oceanic and Coastal Fisheries Development Programme) conducted fieldwork in 63 sites across 17 Pacific Island countries and territories over a seven-year period from 2002 to 2009.
| Title | Pacific Regional Coastal Fisheries Development Programme (CoFish) |
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| Identifier | BID-PA2016-0002-REG |
| Funding | Funded by the European Union for the implementation of the Pacific Regional Coastal Fisheries Development Programme (CoFish), which ran from 1 May 2004 to 31 December 2009 under funding from the ninth European Development Fund (EDF 9), and the coastal component of the Pacific Regional Oceanic and Coastal Fisheries Development Programme (PROCFish/C), which ran from 1 March 2002 to 28 February 2009 under funding from the eighth European Development Fund (EDF 8). Data prepared and published under project "Capacity building and data mobilization for conservation and decision making in the South Pacific" - BID-PA2016-0002-REG |
| Design Description | The aim of the survey work was to provide baseline information on the status of reef fisheries, and to help fill the massive information gap that hinders the effective management of reef fisheries |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
The status of finfish resources in selected sites was assessed by distance-sampling underwater visual census (D-UVC). The method involves recording the species name, abundance, body length and distance to the transect line of each fish or group of fish observed; the transect consists of a 50 m line, represented on the seafloor by an underwater tape.
| Study Extent | Laura, Ailuk, Arno and Likiep in Marshall Islands |
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Method step description:
- Multiple observations for the same species aggregated by transect and side.
Bibliographic Citations
- Pinca S., Tardy E., Awira R., Pakoa K., Boblin P., Friedman K.J., Vunisea A., Lasi F., Magron F., Chapman L.B., Kronen M. 2009. Marshall Islands country report: profiles and results from survey work at Likiep, Ailuk, Arno and Laura (August and September 2007). Pacific Regional Oceanic and Coastal Fisheries Development Programme (PROCFish/C/CoFish). Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). xxxii, 337 p. http://purl.org/spc/digilib/doc/nxmcu
- Labrosse, P., Kulbicki, M., Ferraris, J. 2002. Underwater visual fish census surveys proper use and implementation. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community. REAT: Reef Resources Assessment Tools, vi, 54 p. http://purl.org/spc/digilib/doc/fs6ca
Additional Metadata
marine, harvested by iOBIS
| Alternative Identifiers | 69a84027-2b96-49ea-8011-d8030c94bfa9 |
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| https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=spc_cofish_finfish_marshall_islands_2007 |