HMAP Dataset 14: Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador II

Although commercial fishing activity commenced in Galapagos during the 1920s, it was not until 1997 that the systematic collection of fishing and biological data was initiated by the newly-founded Participatory Programme of Fisheries Monitoring and Research (PIMMP). Since then, the PIMPP has collected on a daily basis site-specific catches and effort data for the main fisheries of the GMR. Consequently, a large and complex amount of fishing related data has been generated. All this data was reviewed, standardized and edited by researchers of the CDF between March 2005 and December 2007. In addition, a range of primary source material was used to assemble pre-1997 data on the sea cucumber, spiny lobster and finfish fisheries.