HMAP Dataset 13: Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador I

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.尽管商业捕捞活动早在20世纪20年代便已在加拉帕戈斯（Galapagos）海域开展，但直至1997年，新成立的渔业监测与研究参与式计划（Participatory Programme of Fisheries Monitoring and Research，PIMMP）才启动了渔业与生物数据的系统性采集工作。自该计划启动以来，PIMPP每日持续采集加拉帕戈斯海洋保护区（Galapagos Marine Reserve，GMR）内主要渔业的定点捕捞量与捕捞努力量数据。由此，生成了体量庞大、结构复杂的渔业相关数据。2005年3月至2007年12月期间，查尔斯·达尔文基金会（Charles Darwin Foundation，CDF）的研究人员对全部此类数据进行了复核、标准化处理与编辑校正。此外，研究团队还依托多类原始数据源，整合了1997年之前海参（sea cucumber）、刺龙虾（spiny lobster）及有鳍鱼类（finfish）捕捞业的相关数据。