Transcript What`s happening in Tobago

What’s happening in Tobago
Sonja Teelucksingh, Ronald James
(UWI, St. Augustine)
February 25-29, Second Caribbean Regional Meeting, Montego Bay, Jamaica
Economic Data
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Metier selection based on economic tables
Fleet / gear / species
Artisanal fleet only in Tobago
Artisanal fleet / gear / species
The “Sea Around Us” Data
• Initial economic tables based on the “Sea
Around Us” data
• Initial metiers selected:
– Pirogues // lines //king mackerel
– Pirogues // gillnets // jacks
• Contradictions with the data from the
Tobago Fisheries Division
The Fisheries Division Data
• Contradictions with the data from the
Tobago Fisheries Division
• New economic tables
• Selection of new metiers based on this
• Should we merge the two sets of
information?
The Metiers
Case
Study
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Fleet
Gear
Species
Artisanal
pirogue
Artisanal
pirogue
Artisanal
pirogue
Artisanal
pirogue
Hook and
line
Hook and
line
Fish pots
Pelagic
dolphin fish
Pelagic
wahoo
Pelagic
plumhead
Pelagic
tuna
Hook and
line
Fish Chains
• Majority sold for domestic consumption,
some to national market
• All sold on beaches
• No separate processing, production flows
to final consumption
• What little processing takes place, does so
on the beaches, by the fishermen
Sociological Data
• Survey conducted February 2008
• Data input and analysis to take place
Ecological Data
• According to Punta Cana presentations,
ecological models already run for Tobago
• Karl – need for any new data?