Table 1

Fishing data collected across gear types and villages in the study area. Number of fishing boats (percent of the number of boats sampled within brackets), number of fishing trips monitored, and number of toponyms (named fishing sites) by the five fishing gear types in each village studied. Village numbers correspond to Ambohitsabo (1), Besakoa (2), Mahavatsy 2 (3), Ankiembe-bas (4), Mahavatsy 1 (5), Ankiembe-haut (6), Ankilibe (7), and Sarodrano (11).

Gear types Villages Total


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11
Gillnet Boats 13 (69%) 15 (0%) 89 (52%) 52 (54%) 28 (78%) 104 (66%) 57 (84%) 358 (62%)
Trips surveyed 208 6 1139 844 424 1945 1198 5764
Toponyms 25 3 59 89 52 92 111 261
Handline Boats 11 (82%) 18 (89%) 17 (65%) 10 (70%) 11 (91%) 39 (54%) 21 (76%) 15 (87%) 142 (72%)
Trips surveyed 250 327 247 379 158 438 607 402 2808
Toponyms 48 49 47 13 43 54 47 52 204
Speargun Boats 25 (64%) 49 (61%) 28 (75%) 12 (75%) 8 (25%) 2 (0%) 6 (100%) 3 (67%) 133 (65%)
Trips surveyed 434 499 422 321 75 325 35 2111
Toponyms 37 47 43 29 33 18 19 140
Mosquito net trawl Boats 21 (90%) 108 (59%) 2 (50%) 131 (64%)
Trips surveyed 684 2576 52 3312
Toponyms 48 44 7 85
Beach seine Boats 1 (0%) 44 (77%) 70 (44%) 5 (60%) 1 (0%) 4 (100%) 3 (100%) 128 (59%)
Trips surveyed 767 807 79 165 91 1909
Toponyms 70 41 35 30 14 130
Total Boats 36 (69%) 81 (68%) 104 (63%) 202 (55%) 76 (56%) 70 (61%) 243 (65%) 80 (84%) 892 (64%)
Trips surveyed 684 1034 1442 3330 1156 862 5618 1778 15904
Toponyms 62 64 98 97 102 77 127 125 397

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