| Type |
Proceedings paper |
| Date |
2000 |
| Language |
English |
| Author(s) |
Torres A1 |
| Affiliation(s) |
1 : Government of Guam. Department of Agriculture - Division of Aquatic & Wildlife Resources 192 Dairy Road, Mangilao, Guam, USA 96923 USA |
| Meeting |
Pêche thonière et dispositifs de concentration de poissons, Caribbean-Martinique, 15-19 Oct 1999 |
| Keyword(s) |
Attracting techniques, Buoys, Catching methods, Financing, Fishery economics, Fishery management, Fishery policy, Fishing technology, Governments, Maintenance and repair, Marine fisheries, Mooring lines, Tuna fisheries, Article Geographic Terms: Guam, USA |
| Abstract |
Installation and maintenance of FADs by the Government of Guam began in 1979, initially with funding from the Salstonstall-Kennedy Act through the Pacific Tuna Development Foundation. Current funding for the Guam FAD project is provided through the Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux Sport Fish Restoration programme, a Federal Aid Project funded by taxes collected on the purchase of fishing equipment and motorboat fuels nationwide. There are now sixteen operational FAD sites in Guam's waters. At a cost of approximately US$10,000 per system, concern for the rising costs of replacing and maintaining FAD systems has prompted the Department of Agriculture's Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources (DAWR) to investigate alternative FAD maintenance strategies and system design. Several cost-cutting measures being considered include the use of reliable solar-powered navigation lights to reduce the number of maintenance trips required, and switching to a newer generation of lighter, more durable buoys and mooring systems. Average time on station for a dawr fad system is nearing two years. Interestingly, in most cases where an errant system is recovered, the failure in the mooring system was observed to occur at a depth from 35 to 500 metres. These observations have led to speculation that additional protection of the mooring line down to 500 m may result in doubling the average time on station of most FAD systems. |
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15 |
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