TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS COASTAL MARINE AND RESOURCES TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

Total Marine Area Definition: Total Marine Area can be defined as the foreshore, seabed, coastal water, and air space above the water throughout the whole Turks & Caicos Islands. Year Total Marine Area (km2) 2001 7,200 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: Department of Environmental Coastal and Resources

Protected Marine Area Definitions: Protected Marine Area (PMA) is any area of intertidal or subtidal land together with its overlying water and associated flora, fauna, historical and cultural features, which have been reserved by law. (World Conservation Union) Relevance and Use: They are used as management tools to protect, maintain, or restore natural and cultural resources in coastal and marine waters.

Protected Marine Area cont’d. The protected marine area for years 2000-2010 corresponds to 19 Marine National Parks. Year Total Protected Area km2 2000 741 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: Department of Environmental Coastal and Resources

Source: Department of Environmental Coastal and Resources

Fish Landings Definitions: Fish landings are the landings at the local docks from the wild. Boat days refer to the number of days that one vessel was at sea fishing. (e.g. 1 day out for one vessel is equivalent to 1 boat day) Man-days refer to the number of days that individuals were fishing (e.g. 1 day out with 3 people on vessel is equivalent to 3 man-days) Source: Department of Environmental Coastal and Resources

Fish Landings cont’d. Relevance and Use: Fish landing statistics evaluated against the state of the stock and its ability to recover do give an estimate of the environmental impacts of fishing that would have not been otherwise possible if landing statistics were not available. Data Quality Challenges / Inconsistencies: In some cases, there are islands who engage in fishing activities but there is no record of their fish landings. Some fishermen sell directly to hotels and restaurants so therefore there are no records for these catches.

Lobster The figures in the quantity lines reflect total catch, that is, the quantity sold to the fish processors but exclude any direct sales to local restaurants and hotels. Catch/ Effort 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 Landed Catch (lbs) 641,894 712,648 400,375 613,580 854,263 947,950 984,176 740,279 353,030 357,085 Fishing Effort (man-days) 11,594 12,271 7,301 4,873 11,624 14,910 14,731 14,891 7,782  9,014 Fishing Effort (boat-days) 4,698 5,117 3,478 1,949 5,042 6,218 6,370 6,330 3,108  3,705 Catch per Unit Effort 1 (lbs/man-days) 55.4 58.1 54.8 125.9 73.5 63.6 66.8 52.6 45.4  39.6 Catch per Unit Effort 2 (lbs/boat-days) 136.6 139.3 115.1 314.8 169.4 152.5 154.5 124.5 113.6  96.4 Source: Department of Environmental Coastal and Resources

Conch The figures in the quantity lines reflect total catch, that is, the quantity sold to the fish processors but exclude any direct sales to local restaurants and hotels. Catch Effort 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 Landed Catch (lbs) 1,801,115 1,544,338 144,695 1,587,227 1,500,008 1,488,171 1,501,831 1,606,911 1,604,967 1,643,290 Fishing Effort (man-days) 8,243 8,538 8,045 8,034 7,686 7,040 6,357 5,240 8,961  12,011 Fishing Effort (boat-days) 3,549 3,373 3,521 3,511 3,380 3,061 2,727 2,886 3,622  4,786 Catch per Unit Effort 1 (lbs/man-days) 218.5 180.9 18.0 197.6 195.2 211.4 236.3 306.7 179.1  136.80 Catch per Unit Effort 2 (lbs/boat-days) 507.5 457.9 41.1 452.1 443.8 486.2 550.7 684.1 443.1  343.40 Source: Department of Environmental Coastal and Resources

Scale Fish The figures in the quantity lines reflect total catch, that is, the quantity sold to the fish processors but exclude any direct sales to local restaurants and hotels. Scale Fish refers to various reef fish which include species such as groupers, snappers and large pelagic. Catch Effort 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 Landed Catch (lbs) 1,388 7,683 6,035 - 67,938 133,114 67,866 12,648 Fishing Effort (man-days) 187 381 608 2,123 928  146 Fishing Effort (boat-days) 74 139 158 142 228 89  25 Catch per Unit Effort 1 (lbs/man-days) 7.4 20.2 15.8 111.7 62.7 73.1  498.7 Catch per Unit Effort 2 (lbs/boat-days) 18.8 55.3 38.2 478.4 583.8 762.5 Source: Department of Environmental Coastal and Resources

Population Growth in Coastal Areas Definition: Population of coastal areas is the percent of the total population living within one hundred kilometres of the Coastline. Relevance and Use: This indicator provides an estimation of the pressures on the environment that will arise as a result of habitation of the coast. It quantifies an important driver of coastal ecosystem pressure, and it also quantifies an important component of vulnerability to sea-level rise and other coastal hazards. Data Gap: The last real set of information was collected during the 2001 census. During the inter-censual period growth would have taken place but there was no survey done to capture this growth.

Population Growth in Coastal Areas cont’d. The data below represent total population and population growth in Turks & Caicos Islands. Turks & Caicos is a relatively small country so based on the standard definition of coastal area, the entire is considered coastal. Year Population Size Population Growth (%) 2000 18,941   2001 19,886 4.99 2002 20,900 5.10 2003 25,143 20.30 2004 27,496 9.36 2005 30,602 11.30 2006 33,202 8.50 2007 34,862 5.00 2008 36,605 Source: Department of Economic Planning and Statistics

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