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Description:
Title:
Length-weight Relationships for 71 Reef and Bottomfish Species from Tutuila and Aunu′u, American Samoa
Author(s):
Matthews, Toby
Ochavillo, Domingo
Felise, Sean
Letalie, Teejay
Letuane, Mika
Schuster, Ekueta
Soonaolo, Auva'a
Tofaeono, Saolotoga
Tua, Alama
Tuilagi, Faleselau
National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.). Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
Corporate Name:
National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.). Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
Dates of Publication:
2019
Abstract:
Very little information has been published in the scientific literature regarding length-weight relationships for marine species in American Samoa. Some information exists for large pelagic species from the more prominent longline and purse seine fisheries (e.g. Curran and Bigelow, 2016). American Samoa’s smaller-scale fisheries are very diverse and important to its culture and economy, yet much less well known. This study analyzes length-weight data collected from small-scale fisheries on the islands of Tutuila and Aunu′u, American Samoa, and summarizes allometric growth relationships determined for 71 fish species (and one invertebrate) for which sufficient data were available.
Keywords:
Analysis
Fishes
Groundfishes
Growth
Size
Small-scale fisheries
Place Keywords:
South Pacific Ocean
Aunuu Island (American Samoa)
Tutuila Island (American Samoa)
Local Corporate Name:
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Administrative Report
Genre:
PIFSC administrative report H ; 19-03
Note:
Very little information has been published in the scientific literature regarding length-weight relationships for marine species in American Samoa. Some information exists for large pelagic species from the more prominent longline and purse seine fisheries (e.g. Curran and Bigelow, 2016). American Samoa’s smaller-scale fisheries are very diverse and important to its culture and economy, yet much less well known. This study analyzes length-weight data collected from small-scale fisheries on the islands of Tutuila and Aunu′u, American Samoa, and summarizes allometric growth relationships determined for 71 fish species (and one invertebrate) for which sufficient data were available.
2019
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Submitted
https://doi.org/10.25923/r3wq-ax31
Public Domain
1860
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DOI:
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