Papers in the Biological Sciences
Date of this Version
1976
Abstract
Data collected during this survey indicated that the number of full-time fishermen has not increased appreciably over the past several years. However, it is likely that, if the demand for fish were to increase, a number of the present part-time fishermen would increase their effort to full-time. Indications are strong that the fish catch from this lake could at least be doubled by the existing population of fishermen, using the same gear, if market conditions were such as to encourage greater fishing effort.
The lake's overall fisheries resources are far from being exploited to their maximum, with the possible exception of the sawfish and shark. If the estimated current annual har: est of 45,455 kg (1,000,000 Ib) is accurate, the lake is yielding only 0.56 kg/ha (0.5 Ib/a), which amounts to slightly less than 50% of the freshwater fish consumed in Nicaragua.
Comments
Published in INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ICHTHYOFAUNA OF NICARAGUAN LAKES, ed. Thomas B. Thorson (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1976). Copyright © 1976 School of Life Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.