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Description:
Author(s):
Otto,E., Rehm, L., Mereb, G., Olsudong, D., Oruetamor, J.
Title:
Baseline assessment for Ngerkebesang Marine Protected Area
Publication Date:
2015
Institution:
Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC)
Issue:
PICRC Technical Report 15-07
Page(s):
20
Abstract:
"With the increasing demand of marine resources throughout the world, it is important to establish a foundation to determine how the use of resources is affecting the health of the marine habitats. An initial assessment of the Ngerkebesang marine protected area was conducted to determine this foundation for long term adaptive management of the protected area. Three sites were randomly selected within the conservation zone and surveyed. Our findings show that among the three sites, there is a high abundance of fish in the conservation area. Of what was surveyed, the average overall fish abundance is 39.2 where if compared to just the commercially important fish, there is only an average of 8.6. When you compare this finding with that of the biomass, it is notable that the commercially targeted fish average biomass makes up a large portion of the overall calculated biomass."
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Notes:
FY2011 CRCP Project ID 20682; Project Title: I096 International Coral Reef Conservation Grant Programs; Principal Investigator: Scot Frew. International grant NA11NOS4820011
Grant Number(s):
NA11NOS4820011
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