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French Guiana Coastal fish small scale fishery
Fishery  Fact Sheet
WECAFC Fishery Resources Report 2019
French Guiana Coastal fish small scale fishery
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Overview: Coastal fish small-scale fisheries represent, respectively, 56% of overall country production in 2016 and 49% in 2017. Country overall production has been 4465 tons in 2016 and 4336 tons in 2017.

Location of French Guiana Coastal fish small scale fishery
 
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Geographic reference:  French Guiana
Spatial Scale: National
Reference year: 2018
Approach: Fishing Activity

Fishing Activity
Fishing Gear: Drift gillnets
Type of production system: Artisanal
Fishery Area: EEZ of French Guiana; French Guiana


Harvested Resource
Target Species: Acoupa weakfish; Green weakfish; Crucifix sea catfish …  
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Means of Production
Vessel Type: Gillnetters
Fishery Indicators
Nominal Effort: Number of vessels
Employment: Number of fishermen
Production: Landed Volume; Landed Value

Table of Contents
Overview - Fishing Activity - Management - Status and Trends - Source of Information
Fishing Activity
Type of production system: Artisanal   

Fishery Area
Climatic zone: Tropical.   Bottom type: Soft bottom.   Depth zone: Coastal - Close shore, littoral (0 m - 20 m).   Horizontal distribution: Littoral.  

Depth zone is usually less than 20 m depth

Geo References for: EEZ of French Guiana
Resources Exploited
Acoupa weakfish - Coast of French Guiana to the Orinoco delta
Green weakfish - Coast of French Guiana to the Orinoco delta
Crucifix sea catfish - Coast of French Guiana to the Orinoco delta
Tripletail - Coast of French Guiana to the Orinoco delta
Target Species
Cynoscion acoupa
FAO Names : en - Acoupa weakfish, fr - Acoupa toeroe, es - Corvinata amarilla
Cynoscion virescens
FAO Names : en - Green weakfish, fr - Acoupa cambucu, es - Corvinata cambucú
Sciades proops
FAO Names : en - Crucifix sea catfish, fr - Mâchoiron crucifix, es - Bagre piedrero
Lobotes surinamensis
FAO Names : en - Tripletail, fr - Croupia roche, es - Dormilona, zh - 松鲷

>30 species, sea-catfish, centropomids
Vessel Type
Gillnetters
Flag State
French Guiana
Fishing Gear
Drift gillnets
Associated Species (Bycatch)
Small specimens and some sea catfishes
Ports
6 (2018)
List of fishery Indicators
Fishery Indicators
TypeMeasureValueUnitTime period
Nominal EffortNumber of vessels 114 (actives) - 128 (registered)vessels2018
EmploymentNumber of fishermen 376Personsregistered 2018
ProductionLanded Volume 2836tonnes2016
Landed Volume 2468tonnes2017
Landed Volume 2285tonnes2018
Landed Value 6390 000USD2018
Management
Management unit: Yes

Jurisdictional framework
Management Body/Authority(ies): Direction de la mer de Guyane
Mandate: Management.  
Area under national jurisdiction: French Guiana
Maritime Area: Exclusive Economic Zone Areas (EEZ).  
Management Regime
Management Methods

Fisheries Regulations with focus on Effort control

  • Gear-related measures
    Mesh size
  • Fishing activity-related measures
    Licenses (regional), maximum net length (European), mesh size
More information on fisheries legislation at: FAOLEX legislative database
Status and Trends
 
Stable
Source of Information
 
Ifremer, Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer, French Guiana, France. Personal communication during the 3rd Meeting of the WECAFC/CRFM/IFREMER Working Group on Shrimp and Groundfish of the North Brazil-Guianas Shelf, 26th – 27th November 2019, Paramaribo, Suriname.
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