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Liberia Industrial bottom trawl fishery
Fishery  Fact Sheet
FCWC Fisheries Reports 2022
Liberia Industrial bottom trawl fishery
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Overview: The industrial sector is mainly control by foreign companies. There are currently six (6) trawlers fishing in Liberia. The fishing vessels operating in Liberian waters range in size from 91 GRT to 251 GRT fishing trawlers with onboard freezing, processing and storage facilities. Industrial fishing vessels land their catches at the fishing pier in the Free Port of Monrovia.

Location of Liberia Industrial bottom trawl fishery
 
Fishery Ident  Fishery Ident

Geographic reference:  Liberia
Spatial Scale: Value
Reference Year: 2021
Approach: Fishing Activity

Fishing Activity
Fishing Gear: Bottom trawls (nei)
Type of production system: Industrial
Fishery Area: Liberia
Seasonality: Throughout the year

Harvested Resource
Target Species: null; Bigeye grunt; Crevalle jack …  
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Means of Production
Vessel Type:
ident Block
Type: Measure; Wholesale price

Table of Contents
Overview - Fishing Activity - Post Harvest - Management - Source of Information - Bibliography
Fishing Activity
Type of production system: Industrial   

Fishery Area
Climatic zone: Tropical.   Bottom type: Soft bottom muddy or muddy-sand.   Depth zone: Coastal 0 50m.   Horizontal distribution: Neritic.   Vertical distribution: Demersal.  

From 6 nautical miles up to EEZ. No fishing at depths below 30m. 

Geo References for: Liberia
Resources Exploited
Madeiran sardinella and Round sardinella - Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
Southern pink shrimp - Liberia
West African croakers - Liberia
Target Species
Arius spp
FAO Names : null
Brachydeuterus auritusBrachydeuterus auritus
FAO Names : en - Bigeye grunt, fr - Lippu pelon, es - Burro ojón, ru - Отоперка
Caranx hippos
FAO Names : en - Crevalle jack, fr - Carangue crevalle, es - Jurel común
Drepane africana
FAO Names : en - African sicklefish, fr - Forgeron ailé, es - Catemo africano, ru - Дрепана африканская
Lutjanus goreensis
FAO Names : en - Gorean snapper, fr - Vivaneau de Gorée, es - Pargo de Gorea, ar - عصموديّ غوريان, zh - 高里笛鲷
Species thumbnailPenaeus notialis
FAO Names : en - Southern pink shrimp, fr - Crevette rose du Sud, es - Camarón rosado sureño
Pomadasys jubelini
FAO Names : en - Sompat grunt, fr - Grondeur sompat, es - Ronco sompat
Pseudotolithus spp
FAO Names : en - West African croakers nei, fr - Otolithes nca, es - Corvinas africanas nep, ru - Горбыли-капитаны
Sardinella spp
FAO Names : en - Sardinellas nei, fr - Sardinelles nca, es - Sardinelas nep, ru - Сардинеллы
Solea spp
FAO Names : null
Zeus faberZeus faber
FAO Names : en - John dory, fr - Saint Pierre, es - Pez de San Pedro, ru - Солнечник обыкновенный

Juvenile, Adult
Protected Species (Bycatch)
Sea turtle, White tip sharks, Whales
Vessel Type

Vessel length: 36 meters. Vessel size: 91 GRT to 251 GRT.


Catch Handling and Processing Equipment
Blast freezers
Crew
22 - 25
Flag State
Liberia
China
Fishing Gear
Bottom trawls (nei)
Seasonality
Throughout the year
Ports
Bong mines pier
Trip Duration
24 days 
Fisherfolks Community
Liberia and China nationals
Fishery Indicator List
Fishery Indicator
Fishery Indicator Fishery Indicator Fishery Indicator Fishery Indicator Fishery Indicator
Type Measure 6vessels2021
Measure 6vessels2020
Type Measure 210Persons2021
Measure 210Persons2020
Type Measure 4292.087tonnes2021
Measure 5112.71tonnes2020
Wholesale price4077482.65USD2021
Post Harvest
 
Fish Utilisation
Frozen
Markets
Cote d'Ivore, Thailand, China
Management
Management: Management

Legal Definition
Fisheries Regulations
Jurisdictional framework
Management Body/Authority(ies): National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority 
Mandate: Scientific Advice; Management; Co-ordination; Control and surveillance.  
Area under national jurisdiction: Liberia
Maritime Area: EEZ.  
Management Regime
2014 Fisheries Regulations, Fisheries Aquaculture Policy and Policy, NPOA IUU
Management Methods

Conservation and management measures, compliance measures with focus on Catch control, Environment protection, Social measures - Binding

Harvest and access control, ecosystem conservation measures, MCS
  • Gear-related measures
    Mesh size
  • Vessel-related measures
     Access Control : Vessel type
  • Fishing activity-related measures
    Individual Vessel Quota (IVQ). No fishing at depths below 30m. 
Pre LabelFIGIS Cond Link
Source of Information
 
Information provided by the FCWC Secretariat (FCWC Regional Database) and the Liberia National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority. July 2022.
FAO. 2021. Report of the Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System (FIRMS) and Fishery Statistics Capacity Development Data Workshop. Virtual Workshop, 26–30 October 2020. Rome.  Click to openhttp://www.fao.org/3/cb3723en/cb3723en.pdf
Bibliography
 
Republic of Liberia National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA)  Click to openhttps://www.nafaa.gov.lr
G.W. Ssentongo, ​FAO. 1987. Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic. Marine Fishery Resources of Liberia: A Review of Exploited Fish Stocks. CECAF/ECAF Series No. 87/45. Rome.  Click to openhttps://www.fao.org/3/S6091E/S6091E00.htm#TOC
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