Capture Fisheries Assessment of the Lagonoy Gulf, Philippines

摘要

The multigear fisheries in Lagonoy Gulf exploits a highly diverse, multispecies complex. About 7, 500 fishers reside in the 15 coastal municipalities bordering the Gulf and employ about 34 distinct types of fishing methods/gear A totoal of 10 709 units of varios types of fishing gear was enumerated in the 164 coastal barangays (villages). This sum consisted predominantly of handlines and gillnets which collectively account for about 70