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View the PDF document Onotoa fish resource assessment survey using the underwater visual census technique
Author(s): Kirata, T
Publisher: Fisheries Department. Ministry of Natural Resources Development
Place: Tarawa (Kiribati)
Date: 2000
Notes: Area covered in survey is very high 18% is reasonable. 7.8kg/1000M sq. density for nonfished area is most applicable
ASFA Keywords: Fishery surveys, Surveying underwater, Fishery data
Country Collection: Kiribati
Abstract: On Friday 226 May 2000, a team of three personnel from the Marine Resource Assessment and Monitoring Unit and two from the Engineering Unit visited Onotoa on the RS Tebenebene; the team spent ten days on the island. This team conducted an Underwater Visual Census (UVC) survey on the island's reef.

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