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I don't know if Zsolt Sary subscribes to this list, but he has reported that Pomacentridae constituted 0.7% (220 kg) of the total catch monitored at 5 landing sites on the north coast of Jamaica during the year mid-July 2000 to mid-July 2001. The reference is:
Sary Z (2001). The small-scale fishery on the central north coast of Jamaica: a biological and socio-economic survey from Rio Bueno (Trelawny) to Salem (St. Ann), 2000-2001. Technical Report, ICLARM Caribbean/Eastern Pacific Office, Tortola, BVI.
I leave it to you to judge if that constitutes "significant numbers"; if not, at least it's a reference level from an over-exploited fishery. Young spearfishers (under-represented in the above survey) may take more damsel-fishes.
Jeremy
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Centre for Marine Sciences, University of the West Indies (Mona), Kingston 7, Jamaica.
On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Kathryn Kavanagh wrote:
> Hello, > > Does anyone know whether damselfishes (Pomacentridae) are harvested > in significant numbers as a food source? Perhaps in the Philippines? > > Thanks for the help. > > Kathy > > -- > ************************************************************************ > > Kathryn Kavanagh, PhD > Museum of Comparative Zoology > Harvard University > 28 Oxford St. phone: 617-496-4632 > Cambridge MA 02138 USA Email: [log in to unmask] > > ************************************************************************ > ~~~~~~~ > For directions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list or the > digests, please see http://www.coral.noaa.gov/lists/coral-list.html . > >
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