期刊名称：Fisheries Centre Research Reports / University of British Columbia
印刷版ISSN：1198-6727
出版年度：2007
卷号：15
页码：121-121
出版社：University of British Columbia
摘要：We reconstructed Greek fisheries catches from 1950-2003. The landings data recorded by the National
Statistical Service of Greece have been compared with those reported by FAO for 1964-2003. For 1969-
2003 we also reconstructed landings derived from rowing boats and coastal boats with engine power
<19HP, which are not reported by either dataset. We disaggregated these landings by taxon, based on
recent reports of the mean catch per unit of effort of all species caught by different small-scale gears. This
allowed estimation of the total Greek marine fisheries landings and comparison with the corresponding
FAO data. The reconstructed total landings indicated an average underestimation by 35% (range: 10-65%)
of Greek landings based on the reported landings as presented by FAO on behalf of Greece. Except for the
taxonomic differences (e.g., the case of Sardinella aurita) and the different taxonomic resolution (e.g., the
case of Spicara spp.), which accounted for several discrepancies between the two datasets, the two
datasets also differed for most taxa over the period 1964-1969 and for the years 1997 (FAO landings are
overreported) and 1998 (FAO landings are underreported). With respect to catches by individual taxa
through time, the two datasets generally agreed for the small pelagics and, to a lesser extent, for demersal
taxa. The taxa which accounted for the larger and more consistent difference between the two datasets
were the large pelagics (swordfish, bluefin tuna and other tuna-like fishes), which were commonly
underreported by the national dataset by a factor of 2 for the years following 1990.
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