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Figure 1 



Study area and locations sampled for queen snapper {Etelis oeulatus) by Caribbean fisheries 

 1982-2001. 



1) On the French parts of the wide shelf shared by St- 

 Martin, St Barthemely, and Anguilla (abbreviated 

 as SMSBA shelf in the text), exploratory fishing 

 experiments were conducted to assess the fishing 

 potential and the risk of ciguatoxicity (Lorance 2 ). 

 The deep slopes of the bank (200-300 m) were fished 

 in 1986-87, using bottom longlines, trammel nets, 

 and secondarily bottom gill nets. 



2) In Martinique, exploratory fishing experiments were 

 conducted in 1986-87 on various parts of the shelf 

 slope (100-300 m), and some observations were 

 made in 1982 and 1988-91, mainly with gill nets 

 and trammel nets (Guillou 3 ). 



3) In Saint-Lucia, observations were made in 1987 on 

 the commercial fishery, and fishing experiments 

 were conducted in 1992 with longlines (Guillou 4 ). 



4) In Dominica, fishing experiments were conducted in 

 1992 with longlines and gill nets. 



5) In Guadeloupe, experiments were conducted in 2001 

 with gill nets in the range 200-400 m (Diaz et al., 

 in press); some small Etelis were also caught with 

 10-mm-mesh traps used for a survey of deep crus- 

 tacean resources. 



6 1 In the Bay Islands, off the Caribbean coast of Hondu- 

 ras, a fisheries survey was conducted in 1999-2000 

 as part of a coastal zone management project (Ber- 

 thou et al. 5 ). This artisanal fishery uses mainly han- 

 dlines to catch snappers and groupers on the shelf, 

 but a fraction of the fishing effort is directed towards 

 the deepwater snappers on the shelf slopes. 



7) In Honduras, the landings of the semi-industrial 

 fishing fleet based in Roatan (Bay Islands) were 

 studied, through catch statistics of the export firms 

 and by sampling in the collecting centers (de Rodel- 

 lec 6 ). These fleets target snappers and groupers over 

 the entire Caribbean shelf of Honduras, and fish 

 with handlines. 



2 Lorance, P. 1989. Ressources demersales et descriptions des 

 pecheries des bancs de St-Martin et St Barthelemy. Rapp. 

 Int. Dir. Ressources Vivantes Ifremer, DRV-89.039-RH/Mar- 

 tinique, 75 p. [Available from Ifremer, Pointe Fort, 97231 

 Le Robert, France.] 



3 Guillou, A. 1989. Ressources demersales du talus insu- 

 laire de la Martinique. Rapp. int. Dir. Ressources Vivantes 

 Ifremer DRV-89.037-RH/Martinique, 121 p. [Available from 

 Ifremer, Pointe Fort, 97231 Le Robert, France.] 



4 Guillou A., A. Lagin, and P. Murray. 1996. Observations 

 realisees sur la biologie et la peche du «gros yeux« Etelis 

 oeulatus Val. aux Petites Antilles de 1982 a 1992. Doc. Sci. 

 Pole Caraibe 33, 137 p. [Available from Ifremer, Pointe 

 Fort, 97231 Le Robert, France.] 



5 Berthou P., M. D. Oqueli, E. Lopez, B. Gobert, C. Macabiau, 

 and P. Lespagnol. 2001. Diagnostico de la pesca artesanal 

 de la Islas de la Bahia, Honduras. Proyecto Manejo Ambi- 

 ental de las Islas de la Bahia (PMAIB), Informe Tecnico 

 PES-06, vol 1, 194 p. [Available from PMAIB, Roatan, 

 Islas de la Bahia, Honduras.] 



6 de Rodellec, A. 2001. Les debarquements de poissons 

 destines a l'exportation dans l'ile d'Utila (lies de la Bahia, 

 Honduras). Unpubl. report, IRD-Brest, 51 p. [Available 

 from IRD, BP 70, 29280 Plouzane, France.] 



