Focus groups with fishers and gleaners in the main village of provided data on quantity and cost of gear used. market prices paid for catch, seasons and other information. Key informant interviews with fishers, commercial buyers, local middlemen("sous collectors"),fish mongers. managers and villa across Velondriake provided information on such things as: gear costs. frequency and costs of boat repair, etc Focus group participants and key informants were opportunistically sampled.and snowball sampling identified additional informants. Market surveys and direct observations corroborated information such as market prices of fish and gear.Key informant interviews and market surveys primarily took place within Velondnake. although a limited number occurred outside velondriake in the region's main port city of Tulear.