BEEF FISKIiIG IN liffl PHILIPPllffiS 

 By 



AgUBtin F. Umall, Ichthyologist 

 and 

 Herbert E. V/arfel, Aquatic Biologist 



Office of Foreign Activities, lish and Wildlife Service, Manila 



Contents 



Introduction 2 



The Reefs of the Philippines 2 



Cora-oarative Landings of Reef Species 3 



Connercial Reef Species of Pish k 



Fishing Methods Employed 5 



Explosives and Poisons 6 



Diving and Spearing 6 



Fish Pots 8 



Lines 6 



Reef Drag Seine 12 



Drive-ln-ne t 12 



Bohol Drive-in-ne t 12 



Japanese Drive-in-net 14 



Discussion 21 



Reconuiiendations and Suggestions 22 



Surainar^/ •• 28 



Illustrations 



Fig. 1 — Spear gun • 7 



Fig. 2 — A typical hubo (fish pot) 9 



Fig, 3 — Multiple handline used in coral reef fishing 11 



Fig. 4 — Perspective view of the reef drag seine (ligkop) 



in operation 13 



Fig. 5 — Structural design of nmro-ami . a Japanese Drive- 

 in-net l6 



Fig. 6 — Perspective view of the muro-ami in operation .... 19 

 Fig. 7 — A set trammel net, diagrammatic (copied from Fish. 

 Bull. (1931) No. 32, Division of Fish and &ame 



of California, Bu. Coram. Fish.) 25 



Fig. 8 — Diagrammatic representation of the stages involved 

 in entrapping fish in a trammel net. (Copied 

 from Fish. Bull. (1931) No. 32, Division of Fish 

 and Game California, Bu. Comm. Fish.) 26 



