Long-Term Fishing Catch and Effort Trends in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, With Emphasis on the Small-Scale Sectors

Small-scale fishing has been an important element of the livelihood and food security in Pacific Island countries throughout history; however, such catches have been under-reported in the official fisheries data. Here, we reconstruct the total domestic catches and fishing effort of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) by fishing sectors for 1950-2017. Reconstructed total catches were estimated to be 27% higher than the data officially...