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Aspects of the recreational ski boat fishery off the Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Smale, MJ and Buxton, CD, Aspects of the recreational ski boat fishery off the Eastern Cape, South Africa, South African Journal of Marine Science, 3 pp. 131 - 144. ISSN 0257-7615 (1985) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
The number of anglers and boats participating in the Eastern Cape ski-boat line fishery is high, and at the
Port Elizabeth Deep-Sea Angling Club effort increased by a factor of 1.6 between 1975 and 1982. Ski-boat
fishfng is principally a weekend recreational activity, and estimated annual landings are only 37 per cent of
commercial line-fish catches in the study area. It is, however, considered to be economically important in terms
of equipment outlay(± R17 million) and running expenses (± R 1,65 million). Sampling of catches in 1979 and
1980 showed that of 79 recorded species only 17 were important. Ski-boaters compete with commercial line
fishermen for target species, but there is little overlap with the trawl fishery. The paucity of historical line-fish
catch records, the multispecies nature and the seasonality of the fishery make management problematical.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences |
Research Group: | Fisheries sciences |
Research Field: | Fisheries sciences not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences |
UTAS Author: | Buxton, CD (Professor Colin Buxton) |
ID Code: | 49220 |
Year Published: | 1985 |
Deposited By: | TAFI - Marine Research Laboratory |
Deposited On: | 2007-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2010-01-20 |
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