Table 1

Fishery and survey characteristics per village and gear type in the study area. The total number of fishing boats (% sampled in brackets), GPS tracks, catch landing records, and participatory catch records are shown. Numbers correspond to the villages with Ambohitsabo (1), Besakoa (2), Mahavatsy 2 (3), Ankiembe-bas (4), Mahavatsy 1 (5), Ankiembe-haut (6), Ankilibe (7), and Sarodrano (8).

Gear types Villages Total


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Gillnet Boats 13 (69%) 15 (0%) 89 (52%) 52 (54%) 28 (78%) 104 (66%) 57 (84%) 358 (62%)
Tracks 199 695 304 261 973 381 2,813
Landing records 8 52 24 21 51 55 211
Participatory catch records 208 6 1,139 844 422 1,945 1,198 5,762

Handline Boats 11 (82%) 18 (89%) 17 (65%) 10 (70%) 11 (91%) 39 (54%) 21 (76%) 15 (87%) 142 (72%)
Tracks 109 256 170 129 95 281 231 172 1,443
Landing records 8 19 5 16 8 15 25 21 117
Participatory catch records 248 327 247 379 158 438 607 402 2,806
Speargun Boats 25 (64%) 49 (61%) 28 (75%) 12 (75%) 8 (25%) 2 (0%) 6 (100%) 3 (67%) 133 (65%)
Tracks 244 412 269 195 16 241 15 1,392
Landing records 13 22 16 6 2 15 1 75
Participatory catch records 434 499 422 321 75 325 35 2,111

Mosquito net trawl Boats 21 (90%) 108 (59%) 2 (50%) 131 (64%)
Tracks 362 955 1,318
Landing records 25 58 83
Participatory catch records 684 2,579 52 3,315

Beach seine Boats 1 (0%) 44 (77%) 70 (44%) 5 (60%) 1 (0%) (100%) (59%)
Tracks 296 421 28 104 17 866
Landing records 21 11 2 4 1 36
Participatory catch records 767 807 79 165 91 1,909

Total Boats 36 (69%) 81 (68%) 104 (63%) 202 (55%) 76 (56%) 70 (61%) 243 (65%) 80 (84%) 892 (63%)
Tracks 353 867 735 1,803 443 542 2,504 585 7,832
Landing records 21 49 42 110 36 36 153 78 525
Participatory catch records 682 1,034 1,442 3,330 1,156 860 5,621 1,778 15,903

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