SPC PROCFish/C Fish Observations Wallis and Futuna 2005

Laurent Vigliola1, Pierre Boblin1, Silvia Pinca1, Ribanataake Awira1, Samasoni Sauni1, Franck Magron1, Marc Lefauvre2

1 The Pacific Community, BP D5, 98848, Noumea, New Caledonia; 2 Direction du Service d'Etat de l'Agriculture, de la Forêt et de la Pêche des îles Wallis et Futuna, BP 19, 98600, Mata Utu, Wallis And Futuna

Corresponding author(s): Laurent VigliolaPierre BoblinSilvia PincaRibanataake AwiraSamasoni Sauni, Franck Magron (franckm@spc.int)

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Resource Citation

Vigliola L, Boblin P, Pinca S, Awira R, Sauni S (2018): SPC PROCFish/C Fish Observations Wallis and Futuna 2005. v1.2. The Pacific Community (SPC). Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.sprep.org/resource?r=spc_procfish_finfish_wallis_and_futuna_2005&v=1.2

Abstract

Coastal fish species of commercial interest observed on Underwater Visual Census transects in Wallis and Futuna during the PROCFish/C surveys (2005) in Futuna, Halalo and Vailala. 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).

Keywords: Occurrence, SPC, PROCFish/C, CoFish, Fish, UVC, Observation

General description

Additional information: marine, harvested by iOBIS

Project details

Project title: Pacific Regional Oceanic and Coastal Fisheries Development Programme (PROCFish/C)
Personnel: Laurent Vigliola, Silvia Pinca, Franck Magron
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.

Data published through GBIF: https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=spc_procfish_finfish_wallis_and_futuna_2005

Taxonomic coverage

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Futuna, Halalo and Vailala sites in Wallis and Futuna
Coordinates: 14°21'25.2''S and 13°11'13.2''S Latitude; 178°11'6''W and 176°7'40.8''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: August 31, 2005 - November 2, 2005

Methods

Method step description: Multiple observations for the same species aggregated by transect and side.
Study extent description: Futuna, Halalo and Vailala in Wallis and Futuna
Sampling description: 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.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive SPC PROCFish/C Fish Observations Wallis and Futuna 2005
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/archive.do?r=spc_procfish_finfish_wallis_and_futuna_2005
Publication date of data: 2020-03-04
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2018-05-14
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Kronen M., Tardy E., Boblin P., Chapman L.B., Lasi F., Pakoa K., Vigliola L., Friedman K.J., Magron F., Pinca S. 2008. Wallis and Futuna country report : profiles and results from survey work at Vailala, Halalo, Leava and Vele (August-December 2005 and March 2006). Pacific Regional Oceanic and Coastal Fisheries Development Programme (PROCFish/C/CoFish). Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). 333 p. http://purl.org/spc/digilib/doc/nk4cw
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