Palau Fishery.pdf

488 km², water area: 629 000 km², population (2007): 20 000, GDP (2006): USD 156 614 000, fisheries GDP (2006): USD 3 047 000.
Fisheries data (2007): total supply 1 354 tonnes, per capita supply 67.7 kg/year, estimated employment (2008): 460 primary sector.
Fishery sector structure: diverse marine life, abundant tropical fish and corals, coastal fishing for domestic markets, offshore fishing for export.
Main trends: increasing coastal resource exploitation, substantial NGO involvement, growing realization of coastal resources' inability to support local residents and tourists.
Major issues: disappointing aquaculture development, opportunity to link fisheries with tourism, ecosystem-approach to fisheries management challenges, balancing benefits and costs of foreign fishing activity.
Marine sub-sector: offshore and coastal fisheries, estimates of tuna catches, coastal fisheries production estimated at 865 tonnes (commercial) and 1 250 tonnes (subsistence).